Description

WALLED GARDENS, PAVILIONS AND RABBIT HOUSE: rectangular-plan rubble walled garden to E of house. Pavilions to NE (restored) and SE corners; steps to timber door to SE corner, piended roof; truncated pyramid roof to NE corner, square glazed cupola atop with ball finial (see Notes), armorial panel reads 'Esperance' above timber door. Roofless rectangular-plan rabbit house. Greenhouses and storage facilities to N. Former kitchen garden to NW of house.

Statement of Interest

B Group with Lochryan House and Ancillary Structures, Dovecot, Sundial, Gatepiers and Boundary Walls. Of particular interest in the walled garden, are the unusually large rabbit house and the NE pavilion with its pierced ball finial, serving as a chimney for the fireplace inside. The INVENTORY OF GARDENS AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPES IN SCOTLAND, notes that the designed landscape which remains today, appears to have been laid out between 1701 and 1750.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17804843

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)