Abbotsford
/ˈæbətsfəd/
/ˈæbətsfərd/
- a large house built near the river Tweed in Scotland for Walter Scott in 1822-4. It was Scott's final home. The style of its architecture is like a romantic castle in one of his novels. It now contains some of his possessions and other Scottish historical objects.
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