Chirnside

Chirnside is a hillside village in Berwickshire in Scotland, 9mi west of Berwick-upon-Tweed and 7mi east of Duns. NotablesDavid Hume, the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, lived in Ninewells House, just south of the village (see below). His nephew, David, later Baron Hume, the noted Scottish jurist was baptised 1757 at Chirnside. Chirnside is also the final resting place of Jim Clark, former world champion Formula One racing-car driver. Close to the churchyard in which Clark is buried, there is a memorial plaque and clock at the side of the main road through the village. A small museum, which is known as The Jim Clark Room, can be found in Duns. Near the kirk once stood a tower house (demolished 18th century), built by the Earl of Dunbar, once the superior here. ChurchThe parish church at Chirnside dates from the 12th century. It was substantially rebuilt in 1878 and extensively restored and altered in 1907. The rebuildings now incorporate all of the original church(es), however the original chevron-patterned Norman doorway at the west end remains. Dovecot aviariesThe Ninewells Doocot, in a garden adjacent to the church, is a 16th-century circular beehive type doocot (dovecot). Not far from the manor, stands the Whitehall Doocot, rectangular-planned, and two-chamber, with stone skews defining its mono-pitched roof.

Chirnside is a hillside village in Berwickshire in Scotland, 9mi west of Berwick-upon-Tweed and 7mi east of Duns. NotablesDavid Hume, the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, lived in Ninewells House, just south of the village (see below). His nephew, David, later Baron Hume, the noted Scottish jurist was baptised 1757 at Chirnside. Chirnside is also the final resting place of Jim Clark, former world champion Formula One racing-car driver. Close to the churchyard in which Clark is buried, there is a memorial plaque and clock at the side of the main road through the village. A small museum, which is known as The Jim Clark Room, can be found in Duns. Near the kirk once stood a tower house (demolished 18th century), built by the Earl of Dunbar, once the superior here. ChurchThe parish church at Chirnside dates from the 12th century. It was substantially rebuilt in 1878 and extensively restored and altered in 1907. The rebuildings now incorporate all of the original church(es), however the original chevron-patterned Norman doorway at the west end remains. Dovecot aviariesThe Ninewells Doocot, in a garden adjacent to the church, is a 16th-century circular beehive type doocot (dovecot). Not far from the manor, stands the Whitehall Doocot, rectangular-planned, and two-chamber, with stone skews defining its mono-pitched roof.