Sunlaws, an estate in Roxburgh parish, Roxburghshire, on the E side of the Teviot, 1¼ mile SSE of Roxburgh station. The mansion, a handsome Tudor edifice, with a lofty tower, was totally destroyed by fire on 16 Jan. 1885, the damage being estimated at £2500. Its owner, William Scott-Kerr,- Esq. (b. 1807; suc. 1831), holds 2662 acres in the shire, valued at £3154 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 25, 1865.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)