Workers are restoring Abbotsford in the Borders to convert one wing of the property into five-star accommodation and include new rooms, offices and an education suite.
M&J Ballantyne Ltd, which is carrying out the work, said yesterday it had found the original floors commissioned by Scott under carpets which lay outside his study. The floors, painted in a marble effect, were completed by David Ramsay Hay who also decorated Holyrood Palace for Queen Victoria.
