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Walled Garden, Finnich Malise

A Category B Listed Building in Drymen, Stirling

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.0358 / 56°2'8"N

Longitude: -4.4418 / 4°26'30"W

OS Eastings: 247960

OS Northings: 685237

OS Grid: NS479852

Mapcode National: GBR 0R.RQ43

Mapcode Global: WH3N6.RK17

Plus Code: 9C8Q2HP5+87

Entry Name: Walled Garden, Finnich Malise

Listing Name: Finnich Malise, Walled Garden

Listing Date: 5 November 1992

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 338205

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB6574

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Finnich Malise, Walled Garden

ID on this website: 200338205

Location: Drymen

County: Stirling

Electoral Ward: Forth and Endrick

Parish: Drymen

Traditional County: Stirlingshire

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Description

Probably early 19th century. Large rectangular-plan walled garden to SE of house. Red brick with sandstone dressings, including coping. Droved quoins at arrises. Wall tallest along N side; stepped down slightly to E and W sides (part of wall mising to S of W side); lower height to S side. Opposing entrances at N end of E and W sides; architraved and with droved long and short surrounds to external face (that to W has panelled timber door). Entrance with stone lintel (and broken panelled timber door) to S side; inserted gateway to E of S side. Conical-roofed summerhouse in style of portico (probably built 1930's or shortly after) at centre of N wall; short brick side elevations (E and W) adjoin wall, each with window (13-pane timber sash and case); flanking concrete columns and 2 at front of segmental-plan open side to S. Plain lean-to glasshouse (probably mid 20th century) to E of N wall.

Statement of Interest

B-Group with Finnich Malise House, Steading/Stable Block and Entrance Lodge and Gateway (see separate list descriptions). An impressive large walled garden, probably of early 19th century date. It appears on the 1865 OS map. It was probably built at some time after the property passed from the Stewart family to William Leckie in 1806 (he was responsible for building the main block.

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