Bee-house, Tayfield House

Circa 1850. Rectangular-plan, gabled timber bee-house near south-facing external wall of walled garden in the grounds of Tayfield House (see separate listing). Windowless, painted white with flightholes painted in brightly coloured semi-circles with corresponding half-moon timber platforms. Ball and dart timber finial to gables. There is a door to north side. 2 rows of 4 flight holes in south wall, and 2 rows of 2 in each of east and west walls. Each flight hole slot is 2 inch by one-quarter inch, fronted by a circular platform with a 5 inch radius.

The interior, seen 2013, has some timber shelving remaining (to support the bee hives or 'skeps').