Photograph of Abbotsford House situated near Melrose, Scotland. A path leads down to the main house which is flanked by trees at the top of the path, on the right, is seated a man with his back to the viewer who wears a top hat.

Abbotsford was once the home of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) who named it after the ford where the Abbots of Melrose Abbey used to traverse the River Tweed. The house was opened to the public in 1833 and a new visitor centre was opened on the estate in 2012.