Walled garden at Giffords Hall

The walled garden at Giffords Hall, likely constructed in the late 17th century, has been expanded with additions from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It is situated southeast of the Hall.

The walled garden itself is rectangular, measuring approximately 85 metres by 60 metres. It is open at the northwest corner and has a curved southwest corner, reflecting the path of the east avenue. The garden is built on a sloping site, with a height difference of around 7 metres between the west and east walls.

The north exterior wall includes several garden bothies, built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These are single-story brick structures with catslide slate roofs that slope down from the garden wall. A late 20th-century timber door with a spider's-web design, by Peter Coats, provides access to the garden from the north. The east exterior wall, reaching a height of approximately 2.5 metres, shows evidence of two construction phases. The northern 20-metre section features panelled sections separated by shallow buttresses standing on a coped brick plinth wall. The remaining 40 metres to the south has more substantial sloping buttresses projecting from the wall, and is probably the earliest construction phase. A large stone ball finial sits atop a brick pier at the southeast corner. The south elevation also has sloping buttresses and another late 20th-century spider’s-web gate by Peter Coats.

The orangery is a rectangular structure built of red brick in English garden wall bond. It has a single-pitched slate roof sloping northwards, with three late 20th-century skylights. The front (south) elevation, facing the walled garden, is constructed of gault brick with red brick dressings. It features three recessed panels in the parapet and a pilaster on either side, topped by a stone urn. Three flat-arched openings are present: a central glazed timber door with a six-pane overlight, flanked by nine-over-nine timber sash windows, all set within moulded timber frames flush with the brickwork.