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Walled Garden, Lemlair

A Category B Listed Building in Cromarty Firth, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6272 / 57°37'37"N

Longitude: -4.386 / 4°23'9"W

OS Eastings: 257617

OS Northings: 862195

OS Grid: NH576621

Mapcode National: GBR H8JK.RNZ

Mapcode Global: WH3DH.LKN9

Plus Code: 9C9QJJG7+VJ

Entry Name: Walled Garden, Lemlair

Listing Name: Lemlair

Listing Date: 31 August 1983

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 339921

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB7918

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Lemlair, Walled Garden

ID on this website: 200339921

Location: Kiltearn

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Cromarty Firth

Parish: Kiltearn

Traditional County: Ross-shire

Tagged with: Walled garden

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Description

Probably W C Joass, circa 1875, Asymmetrical, gabled 2-
storey and attic Victorian villa, coursed rubble with tooled
ashlar dressings. Roughly L-plan with square tower in re-
entrant angle rising 1 storey above wallhead with tripartites
in south and east elevations, decorative eaves cornice and
pyramidal platform slate roof with gablets and decorative
cast-iron brattishing with corner windvanes. Cast-iron
balustraded balcony supported on cast-iron coulmns in 2
recessed right bays, as portico to entrance in base of tower.
Canted bay windows rise to 1st floor in SW and east gables,
each with decorative band course and small terminal balcony
below pointed headed attic windows in gable apeces; similar
pointed headed dormers with deep trefoil decorated
bargeboards, 1 in south elevation and 2 in west. 2- 4- and 6-
pane glazing; corniced and ridge stacks slate roofs with
decorative cast-iron ridge cresting and finials. Wings to
rear.
Walled garden; W C Joass, 1877. ashlar coped brick walled
garden extends to rear of house.

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