Description

Late 18th-early 19th century. Very large walled garden, approximately 160m x 110m, with lean-to 3-bay (boarded door to centre, flanked by timber sash and case windows) potting sheds to outer face at N wall, (rubble, with slated roofs). Brick-lined rubble walls with flat ashlar coping.

Statement of Interest

The walled garden is shown in its present form on the above Estate Plan of 1810, densely planted, but it is not shown on the 1790 plan, where a smaller garden adjoining the steading to the E appears. The garden is currently in use as pasture and the potting sheds to the N are derelict. A Group with Melville Castle, Chestnut House, East Lodge, Esk Cottage, Garden Cottage, Garden Farmhouse, Walled Garden Lodge, South Driveway Bridge, South Lodge, Walled Garden Steading, and Willie's Temple.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17828020

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)