{"id":406130,"date":"2026-02-03T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406130\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:31:08","slug":"upgrade-approved-for-most-magnificent-barn-in-the-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406130\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade approved for &#8216;most magnificent barn in the Borders&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Torwoodlee Estate spreads across 3,000 acres (1,200 hectares) in the Scottish Borders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Improvement works have been carried out to the rest of the building over the years but the east wing has remained largely untouched since the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Now an upgrade will take place including removal of internal partitions to enlarge existing living space, and moving both the kitchen and ground floor bathroom, while adding a first floor shower room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The building was described &#8211; most likely in the local press in the late 18th Century &#8211; as a &#8220;magnificent barn&#8221; due to its &#8220;pretty square-looking design&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Its east wing has been derelict for decades but will now be restored to a liveable space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Torwoodlee Estate spreads across 3,000 acres (1,200 hectares) in the Scottish Borders. Improvement works have been carried&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-406130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}