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  2. Paxton House, Berwickshire - Wikipedia

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    Paxton House It is a country house built for Patrick Home of Billie in an unsuccessful attempt to woo a Prussian heiress. Attributed to James Adam (possibly in concert with John Adam ), it was built between 1758 and 1766, under the supervision of James Nisbet, with extensive interiors (c1773) by Robert Adam , as well as furniture by Thomas ...

  3. Paxton House - Wikipedia

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    Paxton House may refer to: in Scotland. Paxton House, Berwickshire; in the United States (by state) Paxton House (Brookhaven, Mississippi), listed on the NRHP in ...

  4. Paxton, Scottish Borders - Wikipedia

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    Paxton is a small village near the B6461 and the B6460, in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Borders region of Scotland.It lies 1 mile west of the border with Northumberland, It is a traditional, country village surrounded by farmland, and its closest market towns are Duns and Berwick-upon-Tweed.

  5. Ninian Home - Wikipedia

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    Ninian Home was born in 1732 in Scotland and made his fortune from his plantations in Grenada which enabled him to purchase Paxton House, Berwickshire from his uncle, Patrick Home, in 1773. [2] [3] Home was sent to Virginia as a young man to earn his living. From 1764 Home spent much of his time in Grenada where he owned two plantations which ...

  6. Wedderburn Castle - Wikipedia

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    Wedderburn Castle is the historic family seat of the Home of Wedderburn family, cadets of the Home family (today Earls of Home).It was designed and constructed 1771–1775 by the famous architect brothers Robert Adam and James Adam, with the work superintendent being architect James Nisbet of Kelso, for Patrick Home of Billie, who had already completed Paxton House (using James Adam and Nisbet ...

  7. Paxton - Wikipedia

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    Great Paxton, England; Little Paxton, England; Paxton House, Berwickshire, Scotland; Paxton's Tower, near the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carmarthenshire, Wales; Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania

  8. William Paxton (British businessman) - Wikipedia

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    Tenby House, built by Sir William Paxton. Now a hotel, it has a Blue Plaque on the side in commemoration of his residency. His largest investment was in reviving the town of Tenby. A once thriving medieval seaport that had trade routes all over Europe, the English Civil War followed by a plague epidemic in 1650 had killed half its population ...

  9. Talk:Paxton House, Berwickshire - Wikipedia

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