Chesters Estate

Chesters Estate

Chesters is a 1,565-acre (6.33 km2) country estate near Ancrum, located on the banks of the River Teviot in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The estate includes a listed house, gardens and extensive grounds. National Grid Reference NT 60842 22512.

The house was built by Thomas Ogilvie who purchased the estate in 1787. By 1790 it had been re- designed by local Borders architect William Eliot for Ovilvie.

In 2008 and 2011 the house appeared in episodes of the Channel 4 television series Country House Rescue, starring Ruth Watson.

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