Logan Botanic Gardens, Ardwell

Early 19th century walled garden, incorporating remains of castle. Gardener's Cottage and associated buildings.

WALLED GARDEN: S and E walls rubble, with rubble coping;

N and W walls mainly brick, with flat concrete coping. Gateway, with simple iron gate, to S, in section of wall between Gardener's Cottage and Bothy.

Remains of castle incorporated at centre of W wall; tall rubble section; section of rubble wall adjoined to both sides. Series of

cascading terraces below castle; rubble with red sandstone flat coping; red sandstone steps. Brick internal wall, at centre of garden, running E-W. Modern gateway slapped through at centre; modern brick lean-to gazebo adjoined at centre to S.

Square pond: 2 decorated urns on pedestals within water; sandstone stepping stones across one corner of pond.

Gardener's Cottage, Bothy and outbuildings to S, interrupting wall. Painted rubble.

GARDENER'S COTTAGE: 2-storey, with 1st floor breaking eaves, 3-bay house. Painted brick margins.

S ELEVATION: gabled porch at centre, with decorative bargeboarding to overhanging eaves; modern brick piers. Windows to both floors in outer bays; broad gabled dormerheads, with timber spike finials, to windows at 1st floor.

N ELEVATION: broad bowed bay at centre. Window to left.

E ELEVATION: gabled and blank.

W ELEVATION: adjoined to lower outbuildings.

4-pane glazing in sash and case windows. Coped skews. Painted brick gablehead stacks. Purple-grey slates.

BOTHY: single storey, 6-bay pair of former cottages.

S ELEVATION: doors in penultimate bay to left and in bay to outer right. Windows in remaining bays. Low rubble wall adjoined to right.

E ELEVATION: window to left.

N ELEVATION: further gabled range adjoined.

12-pane glazing in sash and case windows. Coped skews. Brick stacks, gablehead and mutual. Purple-grey slates.