Walled Garden, Walton Park is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 November 1971.
Walled Garden, Walton Park
- WRENN ID
- waning-glass-spring
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway MP: John Cooper (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1971
- OS grid reference
- NX 761 709
- Coordinates
- 55.01737, -3.93849
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Walled Garden, Walton Park, consists of an 1817 stable block arranged symmetrically around a cobbled courtyard, along with a walled garden and associated structures. The stable block is constructed of squared rubble with some polished red sandstone detailing, notably on window margins and the dovecot.
The stable block comprises four ranges: a central three-stage gabled section, single-storey and attic gabled end bays, and linking single-storey ranges. Depressed-arch cart entrances are present on all ranges; the eastern range has been converted into a dwelling with windows and French doors inset into the original arches. The central gabled bay features a pend entrance to the courtyard, with a loft and dovecot above. The dovecot has a pointed-arch red sandstone panel pierced with flight-holes. To the right of the pend, a range has been converted to domestic use, with a tripartite glazed door squaring off the original cart-arch. Oval sandstone tablets inscribed “FAC ET SPERA 1817” are set into the gable ends. The west range incorporates an unroofed horsemill, formerly a mill and barn.
A laundry, dating from around 1910, is located on the north side and contains a large brick kiln along with cast-iron clothes dryers. The north and east ranges originally served as stabling and barn storage.
A large walled garden lies to the west of the house, enclosed by coped rubble walls.
The Walled Garden, Stable block, Dovecot, Horsemill and Walled Garden form a group of buildings of group value with Walton Park and Walton Park Lodge.
Local climate
Walled Garden, Walton Park sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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