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Latitude: 55.8382 / 55°50'17"N
Longitude: -2.9009 / 2°54'3"W
OS Eastings: 343676
OS Northings: 660914
OS Grid: NT436609
Mapcode National: GBR 805Y.R0
Mapcode Global: WH7VG.DJV8
Plus Code: 9C7VR3QX+7J
Entry Name: Blackshiels, Fala
Listing Name: Blackshiels Inn (Now Farm-House
Listing Date: 22 January 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 339314
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7441
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Fala, Blackshiels
ID on this website: 200339314
Location: Fala and Soutra
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Midlothian East
Parish: Fala And Soutra
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
17th cent. 1 1/2 storeys with laigh floor. Rubble. Skew-gabled.
Slated roof. Shed dormers. Addition at w. end; 19th cent. Corbie-step-gabled. OFFICES TO N: 2 arms around yard.
1 1/2 storeys. Elliptical arch to pend.
As coaching inn it was first stage out of Edinburgh on
Kelso Road. Johnson and Boswell stayed here 23rd Nov.
1772 at end of their tour. Travel expanded with opening of
turn pike road to Lauder 1834. Additions built from stones
of Fala House (built C.1745). Closed c.1880.
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