Building record MAB8563 - DRUMMUIR CASTLE WALLED GARDEN

Walled garden, depicted on historic os maps.

Walled garden, depicted on historic os maps. It is lozenge-shaped in plan form. On the 1st edition OS map a small square building is shown on the inner face of the north wall and a rectangular building is depicted on the outside of the west wall. By the 2nd edition OS map, three further buildings have been added on the outside of the west wall, a large glasshouse has been added inside the west wall, and two small buildings are shown on the inside of the north wall. A well is shown outside the north wall. The garden lies to the south of Drummuir Castle (NJ34SE0006), and likely to have been built around the same time as the Castle to provide fruit, vegetables and cut flowers. The garden is constructed of brick on the inside and stone on the outside. The flattened hexagon shape is an unusual shape for a walled garden, with high walls on the north, west and east sides, but the south wall is only 0.91 m (3 ft) high with coping, possibly built as a low wall to allow cold winter frost and stagnant air to drain out at the lower end of the sloping site. The vinery glasshouse was built in February 1869, but only the eastern section remains and contains a long-established vine. The base of the western section remains as a white-washed wall. A small rectangular glasshouse in the northwest corner shown on the 2nd edition map is no longer shown, though there may be footings under the vegetation.

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Oct 2 2026 8:24PM