Hudson Hirsel

The History

Douglas and Angus Estates

Douglas and Angus Estates is the Douglas-Home Family estate company. The Family, an amalgam of two of the great Border Families (Home and Douglas) also own the Douglas Estate in South Lanarkshire, where unbroken Stewardship goes back for nearly 1,000 years.

Both estates are firmly embedded in their local communities and throughout history the Family have taken the “long-view” and always sort to protect, maintain, improve and sustain their local environments - both for their own benefit and for those who share and live within them.

Leet Haugh will be no exception and the estate, working with Jamie Hudson, aim to deliver a scheme that will leave behind it a positive long-term legacy of a well designed, well built, environmentally sound development providing homes for Coldstream, which will be favourably judged in the 21^st Century.

Hirsel Estate

The Hirsel Estate extends to approximately 3,000 acres, comprising of mixed arable and livestock farming, forestry and residential property. Including woodland walks through kaleidoscopic colouring and breathtaking scents from the historic collection of rhododendron and azaleas in Dundock Wood, the Hirsel Lake provides a home to geese, swans, moorhen, coot, duck and grebe and is designated as an SSSI on the grounds of its National importance as site for overwintering wildfowl. Other amenities include the tea room, country museum, craft shops, gift shop and the Hirsel golf course.

The Hirsel is the seat of the Earls of Home who have been wardens of the east march of Scotland for centuries having taken ownership of the Hirsel in 1611. The Home family has not only served the community of Coldstream and the local area, but the Nation as well with Sir Alec Douglas-Home (the 14^th Earl of Home) serving as Prime Minister in 1963. The Hirsel is currently under the stewardship of David, the 15^th Earl of Home, and his immediate Family.

Hudson Homes

Jamie Hudson is one of the founders of Hudson Homes which specialise in creating select and varied high quality developments across Scotland and the North of England. Based in Edinburgh, Hudson Homes aspire to meet the needs of homebuyers across the marketplace by creating a wide range of properties including apartments, detached and semi-detached homes. Each Hudson Homes development is unique in character and designed with careful consideration in harmony with the surrounding areas. Their expertise and attention to detail ensure that every home features quality as standard.

A Partnership between Jamie Hudson and the Hirsel Estate (part of Douglas and Angus Estates) has been established in order to deliver a unique development of homes to reflect the quality and importance of the site situated on the edge of the historic Hirsel Estate. Hudson Hirsel combines the balance and experience of sensitively designed new residential development and the sustainable management provided by the Home Family who have been guardians of the Hirsel Estate for the last four Centuries.

Hudson Hirsel want home owners to be as proud of being part of the Hirsel Estate, just as we want to be proud of perpetuating the historic legacy of both the Hirsel and Coldstream.