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Garden Walls of Abbey House, New Abbey

A Category B Listed Building in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.9795 / 54°58'46"N

Longitude: -3.6231 / 3°37'23"W

OS Eastings: 296221

OS Northings: 566191

OS Grid: NX962661

Mapcode National: GBR 3B4V.DS

Mapcode Global: WH5X3.93ZH

Plus Code: 9C6RX9HG+QQ

Entry Name: Garden Walls of Abbey House, New Abbey

Listing Name: New Abbey Village Abbey House Garden Walls

Listing Date: 4 November 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 351239

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17344

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: New Abbey, Abbey House And Garden Walls

ID on this website: 200351239

Location: New Abbey

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Abbey

Parish: New Abbey

Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire

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Description

Walls probably 18th century. Garden enclosure, rubble-built
ashlar-coped walls linked at north end to Abbey house: 2
small square-plan, pyramidal-roofed sheds incorporated at
west, one set within, other set without enclosure gabled shed
at south east incorporates 2 re-used moulded stones as
lintels (one initialled T.S.-MM(?) presumably originally a
marriage lintel). Low wall to front (north) of house curved
towards chamfered square gatepiers, and swept upwards at east
to link with outbuilding gable.

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