page_title: The Kirna
section_title: Kirna Lodge
hierarchical_section_title: The Kirna / Nearby Historic Structures / Kirna Lodge
caption_attribution_description: English: Original coach house of Kirna House in Walkerburn, Scottish Borders.
context_page_description: The Kirna, known locally as Kirna House, is a Category A listed villa in Walkerburn, Peeblesshire, Scotland. It is one of four villas in Walkerburn designed by Frederick Thomas Pilkington between 1867-69 for the Ballantyne family. It is listed as a fine example of a Pilkington mansion retaining original external features, a fine interior, and for its importance as a Ballantyne property.
  The Ballantyne family played a leading role in Scotland's textile industry for nearly two hundred years. The Ballantynes were substantially responsible for founding the village of Walkerburn after Henry Ballantyne first bought land at that location to build a tweed mill in 1846. Renowned architect F T Pilkington was commissioned by the Ballantynes to design and build the new village with houses for the mill workers, The Kirna, and other villas for the Ballantyne family.
  The Kirna's proximity to a significant number of ancient man-made structures, including some dating back to pre-historic times, suggests that this general location along the Tweed valley has been of strategic importance to settlers throughout history.
context_section_description: Kirna Lodge is located within the original boundary walls of The Kirna. It started life as the stable and coach house for The Kirna. Today, Kirna Lodge is a three-bedroom house overlooking the Tweed Valley, with a conservatory and a four-car garage. The kitchen is now in what used to be the stable in 1923. The original coach house has made way for a principal bedroom and, more recently, a general purpose room.
  The lodge exhibits a flush bracket (OSBM G293) that was used during the Second Geodetic Leveling of Scotland that took place between 1936 and 1952, and was leveled with a height of 157.0421 meters above mean sea level. This bracket was included on the Innerleithen to Duns Common leveling line.
caption: Kirna Lodge
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