Survey Data
Reg No
13303012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Walled garden
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
209612, 279725
Date Recorded
11/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Walled garden on sub rectangular-plan associated with Castle Forbes, erected/laid out c. 1820. Now in use as a garden centre. Surrounded by rubble limestone wall with buttresses to the boundary wall to the southeast side. Wall rendered to external face on northeast side. Single-storey outbuildings located to southwest and northwest corners having tiled half-hipped roofs, rubble limestone walls and replacement fittings to square-headed openings. Replacement wrought-iron gates set to cut limestone piers (on square-plan) to the centre of the northeast side of boundary wall. Located to the south of Castle Forbes (13303001), to the southwest side of secondary approach avenue, and to the east of Newtown-Forbes.
Appraisal
This walled garden forms an integral part of the Castle Forbes (13303001) complex. Although simple in form, its scale gives an interesting historical insight into the extensive resources required to maintain a large country estate during the nineteenth century. The altered outbuildings complete the setting and add to this composition.