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SWMRopium – by Elizabeth Hunter A mansion where William Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott are believed to have smoked opium has been put on the market. Barony House in Lasswade, near Edinburgh, has been put up for sale, marketed by Ellisons Property for offers over £1.8 million. Poet and playwright Sir Walter Scott lived in the house from 1799 to 1805 – and fellow poet William Wordsworth was a regular visitor, alongside his wife, Mary Hutchinson. Scott was still working in the legal field at the time, renting the property for £30 per year and spending his summers there. The…