Walled Garden With Garden House, Balfour House

Possibly 18th century with 19th century additions. Rectangular plan walled garden, 100M x 100M, with 2 storey, crowstepped and piended garden house (apple house?) at SW corner and remains of (triumphal?) entrance archway beyond W boundary. Roughly coursed rubble and brick with flat ashlar coping and ashlar dressings. Segmental arched gateways.

WALLED GARDEN: S boundary with wide, segmental arched, architraved opening at centre with 5 small brick niches to right and to left on outer S side. Garden house (see below) to outer left.

N boundary with brick face to inner S side; timber door in depressed arch opening at centre with evidence of flanking ogee shaped buildings (conservatories?) and 3 further niches to each side. N side with variety of semi derelict lean to outbuildings.

W boundary with segmental arched opening at centre and further openings to outer right and left.

E boundary opening at centre partly demolished to allow entrance for cattle.

Archway beyond W boundary with centre opening below flat coped wallhead flanked by concave sloping wings.

GARDEN HOUSE: set into SW corner of garden, with later work.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: boarded timber door to right adjacent to corner with corbelled, coped ashlar stack(?) or blinded window(?), window to left with gabled dormerhead breaking eaves. Adjoining W boundary of garden at outer left.

S ELEVATION: window to right of centre at ground and to left of centre at 1st floor. Adjoining S boundary of garden at outer right.

E ELEVATION: window to centre at both floors.

N ELEVATION: door to outer right with window at centre ground and further window to right of centre at 1st floor. Brick wall adjoining at centre in poor condition.

No glazing remains. Grey slates. Coped ashlar stacks.