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Latitude: 55.8215 / 55°49'17"N
Longitude: -3.0778 / 3°4'40"W
OS Eastings: 332566
OS Northings: 659223
OS Grid: NT325592
Mapcode National: GBR 61Y3.GZ
Mapcode Global: WH6T7.PYK0
Plus Code: 9C7RRWCC+JV
Entry Name: Garden Pillar, Arniston House
Listing Name: Arniston Policies, Ornamental Pillar
Listing Date: 22 January 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 331240
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB810
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Arniston House, Garden Pillar
ID on this website: 200331240
Location: Borthwick
County: Midlothian
Electoral Ward: Midlothian South
Parish: Borthwick
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Dated 1784. Circular, carved stone neo Classical ornamental pillar on square pedestal. Stepped base, reading "1784"; circular fluted shaft with central square dividing band course; carved oval medallions above and below; surmounted by marble urn with carved heads to left and right of base, carved frieze and spherical finial.
This very unusual garden ornament pre dates Thomas White's improvement plan for the grounds (1791) and the informalising of the estate of 1787-1819. It's position, axial with the house, suggests it was intended to complement the earlier formal garden plan.
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