Sheila and Ian Robson run Fauhope House as a bed and breakfast from a house designed by the architect Sydney Mitchell in 1897 for the Glasgow shipping owner William Lithgow, an Arts and Crafts building set in thirteen acres of bluebell woodland above the River Tweed at Gattonside. The house holds five-gold-star status from VisitScotland's grading scheme and offers en-suite bedrooms furnished individually rather than to a uniform hotel standard. Breakfast is cooked to order using local produce, and the Robsons arrange restaurant bookings, taxis and station transfers for guests without their own transport. Gattonside sits across the Tweed from Melrose, reached by a suspension footbridge into the town centre, putting the abbey ruins and the High Street shops within easy walking distance. The garden's bluebells flower each spring, drawing return visits from past guests.
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