Walled Garden, Fordell Castle

Mid 18th century. Rectangular-plan, open-ended walled garden (approximately 100m wide/69m long), sloping to S. English garden wall bond brick walls to E and W; N wall of random sandstone rubble (part brick-lined to interior) and canted where it meets E and W walls. Former cast-iron railings enclosing S end (now removed). Droved sandstone ashlar coping; stugged sandstone ashlar quoins. Walls higher to N and to N half of E and W walls (wall-line abruptly sweeping down to S at mid point). Central pedimented Gibbs surround doorways to E and W walls (pedimented to both sides of wall). Wide later opening to NW end of N wall. Evidence of former glasshouses attached to both sides of N wall, with remnants of whitewashed backing and small original flue holes. Plain doorway leading into remaining glasshouses set on NS axis. Modern greenhouses (formerly early glasshouses) set atop earlier brick bases to N section of walled garden. Low stone walling outlining path to former quadrant arrangement of ground.