Walled Garden, Balbirnie House, Balbirnie Park is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 1 March 1996. Walled garden.

Walled Garden, Balbirnie House, Balbirnie Park

WRENN ID
burning-keep-jet
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
1 March 1996
Type
Walled garden
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Robert Robinson, 1784 86; altered 1863, possibly by David Bryce. Walled garden. Coped rubble walls with rounded corners, heightened and lined with coped brick to allow heating system (to N): polished ashlar and sandstone dressings.

N BOUNDARY: range of lean to rubble outbuildings with droved quoins, and 8 bay implement shed supported on 7 cast iron columns across centre and E of N elevation, pedestrian gate to W with hand bell. S elevation with late 19th century, lean to greenhouses (in poor condition) with small pane glazing pattern.

S BOUNDARY: widened opening at centre giving access to lower boundary wall beyond (see below) (some top courses to W missing).

W BOUNDARY: 2 leaf timber gate in round headed opening with rusticated quoins and voussoirs; monogrammed with entwined "B?s" (Balfour of Blbirnie) to E and decorative date panel to W.

E BOUNDARY: rubble over squared and coursed rubble. Abutting wall to E with large quoins (evidence of former doorway?).

OUTER BOUNDARY: to S and E, low coped rubble boundary wall with pyramidal coped ashlar pier to SW, and holly hedge. To N high terrace wall.

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