Description

SUMMER PAVILION: Dated 1905. Red sandstone ashlar,
temple-fronted pavilion with squared, coursed rear, sited
at NE corner of walled garden. Distyle in antis S front
with piers and exuberant cartouche in pediment. Leaded roof.
GIFFORD GATES: on E wall of garden. Dated 1914. 2-leaf
gates with flanking panels and ornate overthrow.
Wrought-iron with many scroll details, and bell-bugle and
foliage to overthrow. Railings above quadrants with
variant of Vitruvian scroll at top.
QUADRANT WALLS AND GATEPIERS: to Gifford Gates; red brick
quadrant walls with deep ashlar base course and coping;
channelled ashlar gatepiers with moulded coping.

Statement of Interest

Gates possibly wrought by Thomas Hadden, the leading

Edinburgh smith at this date. Named the Gifford Gates as the

resulting commission was financed by A J Balfour's reward

for giving the Gifford lectures in Edinburgh, probably in

1914.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17793705

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)