Garden House

Probably John Paterson, 1792, bowed N elevation and towers possibly added mid 19th century; exterior restored 2007-08. Unusual survival of rare 2-storey, pyramid-roofed Apple House with flanking polygonal 3-stage towers built into centre of cross-wall of large subdivided walled garden with crenellated tower at S gate and later 19th century garden house incorporated at SW. Sited to S and slightly W of Fasque House (see Notes) in extensive wooded grounds. Apple House of squared and snecked rubble with some Aberdeen bond and areas of cherry caulking, roughly squared dressings and voussoirs. Band and string coursing. Decoratively-astragalled round- and pointed-arch windows, and blind quatrefoils to towers. Flat-coped, red brick garden walls, stepped and flued at N.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION:

APPLE HOUSE: symmetrical S elevation with 2 square-headed windows to each floor and stack rising from centre of wallhead. Flanking set-back towers abut subdividing garden wall. Each tower with pointed-arch window at 2nd stage below quatrefoil at 3rd stage, stair tower to left with door. N elevation with replaced loggia and trelliswork (2007-08), set-back face with pair of 6-panelled timber doors flanking boarded timber dado. Each flanking tower with window at 1st stage, that to right round-headed, that to left square-headed; upper stages mirror S elevation.

APPLE HOUSE INTERIOR: turnpike stair to W tower with simple timber baluster at landing and domed ceiling. See Notes.

8- and 12-pane glazing patterns in timber sash and case windows. Small grey slates. Coped ashlar stack.

WALLED GARDEN: built in 3 stages. SE wall with square-plan castellated entrance to centre comprising round-arched doorways and blind pointed arch recesses to each return. Subdividing wall with pedestrian opening immediately to W of apple house, oval pond with ironwork railings retained to S garden (see Notes), and remains of glasshouses to inner elevation of brick-lined, flued N wall with evidence of decorative ironwork. Coursed rubble.

GARDEN HOUSE: single storey and attic, gabled, L-plan garden house with single storey lean-to wing, all N elevations form garden wall.