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Walled Garden, Dundas Castle

A Category B Listed Building in Almond, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9724 / 55°58'20"N

Longitude: -3.4202 / 3°25'12"W

OS Eastings: 311461

OS Northings: 676400

OS Grid: NT114764

Mapcode National: GBR 1Z.WRLD

Mapcode Global: WH6SH.F4KT

Plus Code: 9C7RXHCH+XW

Entry Name: Walled Garden, Dundas Castle

Listing Name: Dundas Castle, Walled Garden

Listing Date: 30 January 1981

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 336988

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB5515

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dundas Castle, Walled Garden

ID on this website: 200336988

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Almond

Traditional County: West Lothian

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Description

Early 19th century. Rectangular walled garden. Red brick walls with sandstone coping; rubble in N wall; droved and polished sandstone dressings to openings.

Gateway to S. Garden features include rockery on natural outcrop at near centre, with small, crescent-shaped retaining wall at base, to S. Various ancillary buildings projecting from N wall exterior, previously used as potting sheds and boiler houses. Square flue vents of wall heating system to right of N wall exterior.

Statement of Interest

A Group with Dundas Castle, including Blue Acre, Boat House, Brown Acre, Castleloch, Castle Grove, Dovecot, Dundas Castle Keep, Dundas Loch Bridge, Dundas Mains, Fountain Sundial, Ice House, Lilac Cottage, North Lodge, Rose Cottage and South Lodge (see separate listings).

There are various unused doorways to the walled garden, with panelled timber doors. Originally there would have been a series of greenhouses along the N wall.

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