Walled Garden, Fordell Castle

The Walled Garden at Fordell Castle dates from the mid 18th century and features a rectangular plan, measuring approximately 100 meters wide and 69 meters long, sloping to the south. The east and west walls are constructed of English garden wall bond brick, while the north wall is made of random sandstone rubble, partially brick-lined on the interior, and has a canted design where it meets the east and west walls. The southern end was once enclosed by cast-iron railings, which have since been removed. The garden walls are topped with droved sandstone ashlar coping and have stugged sandstone ashlar quoins. The walls are taller on the north side and in the northern halves of the east and west walls, with the wall line sweeping down abruptly to the south at the midpoint.

There are central pedimented Gibbs surround doorways on both the east and west walls, with pediments on both sides. A wide later opening is present at the northwest end of the north wall. Evidence suggests that former glasshouses were attached to both sides of the north wall, with remnants of whitewashed backing and small original flue holes still visible. A plain doorway leads into the remaining glasshouses, which are set on a north-south axis. Modern greenhouses, which were formerly early glasshouses, are now situated atop earlier brick bases in the northern section of the walled garden. Additionally, low stone walling outlines a path leading to a former quadrant arrangement of the ground.