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Jerviston House (continued)
to the age of the house, and upon the same authority, it is believed to be not less than 500 years old. Every portion of the house both without & within show it to be a good age & although nothing more authentic can be obtained as to its real age, everyone about the neighbourhood looks upon it as an antiquity. The walls are better than three feet thick, and the roofs or ceiling to the kitchen on the ground floor, arched. There is a winding stone stair leading to the first floor, which is partly of stone, above the Kitchen & above this There are two narrower winding stairs to the upper parts of the house. The rafters of the roof are of oak. The old house of Jerviston is now occupied by servants, and the whole of the walls and roofs are in good preservation. It was once used as the mansion until about 80 years ago when the present house was erected.