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Author Scott’s home set for £10m upgrade

Sir Walter Scott’s Borders home is in line for a £10 million investment that will see the construction of a visitor centre and fund much-needed renovations to the famous A-listed building.

Standing in the study of Abbotsford Hous, where Scott wrote many of his finest novels, Culture Minister Fiona Hyslop yesterday unveiled details of the plan and explained why the Government was backing the project.