Walled Garden, Dundas Castle is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 January 1981. Garden.

Walled Garden, Dundas Castle

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh West MP: Christine Jardine (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 January 1981
Type
Garden
OS grid reference
NT 114 763
Coordinates
55.97239, -3.4202
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Walled Garden at Dundas Castle dates back to the early 19th century and is a rectangular structure enclosed by red brick walls topped with sandstone coping. The northern wall is made of rubble, and there are dressed openings with droved and polished sandstone.

At the southern end, there is a gateway leading into the garden. Notable features within the garden include a rockery situated on a natural outcrop near the center, which has a small, crescent-shaped retaining wall at its base. The northern wall's exterior has various ancillary buildings that were previously used as potting sheds and boiler houses. Additionally, square flue vents for a wall heating system are located on the right side of the northern wall exterior.

Local climate

Walled Garden, Dundas Castle receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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