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Latitude: 55.5939 / 55°35'37"N
Longitude: -2.4545 / 2°27'16"W
OS Eastings: 371456
OS Northings: 633452
OS Grid: NT714334
Mapcode National: GBR C39R.DL
Mapcode Global: WH8XZ.8NGJ
Plus Code: 9C7VHGVW+G6
Entry Name: Walled Garden, Springwood House
Listing Name: Springwood Estate, (Springwood Caravan Park), Walled Garden
Listing Date: 9 January 1992
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 345903
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB12954
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Springwood House, Walled Garden
ID on this website: 200345903
Location: Kelso
County: Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward: Kelso and District
Parish: Kelso
Traditional County: Roxburghshire
Tagged with: Walled garden
Ornamental walled flower garden, early 19th century, extended and altered later in 19th centruy, N, S and E walls survive; rubble-built;
N WALL: brick-lined on S face; centre round-arched gateway with ashlar dressings and hood-mould; panelled and 'fretted' chinoiserie 2-leaf door. Stepped E WALL heightened with red sandstone rubble at S above; early droved ahslar garteway with 1807 datestone and modern concrete lintel; wall buttresses at outer (E) face. S WALL: door with droved ashlar margins and vertically boarded door at left (W); principal entrance at raised off-centre gateway (new opening introduced for caravan access): droved ashlar margins; block pediment and cast-iron urn finial; wrought-iron gate withscallop-decoration at lower section; cast-iron urn finial at outer Se angle of S wall.
In front of S Wall is fenced enclosure, probably vegetable garden, retaining some of original wrought-iron scallop-detailed ecorative fence.
Walled Garden shown on 1861 estate plan. OS notebooks refer to the "flower and kitchen garden" (1858-60). Designs for various garden ornaments and structures survive (NMRA 1977/14/RXD/326) including a James Gillespie Graham sundial (n/d); a pheasantry (1855) and pagoda-style summer house (1859).
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