A six-bed mansion where Sir Walter Scott was said to have smoked opium with William Wordsworth is on sale for £1.8million.
Ivanhoe author Sir Walter lived at Barony House for six years and was also said to have started writing poetry while based there.
He invited writers from across Britain to stay including Romantic poet William Wordsworth with whom he is said to have shared an opium pipe in the lounge.
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And the home, in Lasswade, around 20 minutes outside Edinburgh, is now up for sale.
Agent Ellisons Property said: “Barony House is a remarkable detached property with three separate phases of build.
“The oldest part, dating to the eighteenth century was the home of the famous Scottish poet, playwright, historian, Sir Walter Scott, who lived there from 1799 to 1805.
“It was also known to have been frequented by famous English romantic poet, William Wordsworth and his wife, Mary Hutchinson.
“The grounds and gardens which stretch to approximately 4.5 acres are perfectly manicured, and the electric gates and circular driveway give this period property a true sense of place and grandeur.”
Its listing with Historic Environment Scotland states: “This cottage orne style provided Sir Walter Scott with his first marital home when he rented it from the Clerks of Penicuik between 1798 and 1804.
“The Wordsworths took tea at Lasswade Cottage, as it was then known, in 1803.
“It was converted around 1865 into a Dower house for the Clerks of Penicuik, and the dormers and crow stepped gables were added.
“It was extended further by James Tait & Co between 1913 and 1919.
“It is among a relatively small number of buildings with a surviving thatched roof found across Scotland.
“A Survey of Thatched Buildings in Scotland, published in 2016 by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), found there were only around 200 buildings with a thatched roof, most of which are found in small rural communities.”
Barony House has six reception rooms, six bedrooms and four bathrooms and covers over 7,800 square feet, as reported by Luxury Property News.
Mark Ellison Coulter, of Ellisons Property, told The Herald: “Historically it is absolutely mindblowing. William Wordsworth, Mary Hutchinson, his wife, Sir Walter Scott smoking opium in the lounge is quite a good story.
“That’s what they did back in the day.”
