Walled Gardens, Blackwood House is a Grade B listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. House, cottages.
Walled Gardens, Blackwood House
- WRENN ID
- drifting-pedestal-holly
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- House, cottages
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Mid/late 18th century. Exceptionally large quadrangular
walled garden (? formerly orchard) enclosure with twin-gabled
2-storey house at north east corner, long row of 5 north-
facing single storey lean-to cottages adjoining high north
wall of garden (some with openings into garden) attics in
continuous lean-to roof. All rubble built, house and cottages whitewashed (garden range of house pebble-dashed); house
(altered and re-windowed) has 4-bay north elevation with
advanced wide inner gable, stacks in roof valley; cottages
have battered north wall, boarded doors, small-paned glazing.
Roofs all slated. Garden walls have red ashlar coping; east
wall sweeps down and turns inward centrally; west side of
garden, beside river Nith, largely unwalled.
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