Boathouse, Grotto, Rosshall Estate Gardens, 197 Crookston Road, Paisley

Attributed to James Pulham & Son, circa 1895. Garden structures con-

structed at intervals around 3 sides of open lawn built in partly natural

and partly artificial Pulhamite stone, including grotto, rock garden and

rock flanked narrow passage, low wall, subterranean boat house and

ornamental paths, all designed to appear as natural outcrops.

GROTTO: rock-walled enclosure constructed around sunken pool (now filled-in) with 'rockery' masonry, bridges arched over water features, plant troughs in hollowed boulders and rock wall and shelter area under overhanging rock.

ROCK GARDEN: traditional rockery beds with large boulder construction.

PASSAGE: passage between towering, over-hanging sections of rock-wall almost meeting at head, creating small-scale ravine and made of variety of natural rock type boulders.

WALL: low wall defining outer edge of garden.

BOAT HOUSE: by man-made pond, rectangular enclosure with shallow, segmental barrel-vaulted roof, with banded masonry walls evident on interior and banded soffit. Exterior entrance obscured by overgrowth (2001).

ORNAMENTAL PATHS: footpaths constructed of sunk boulders in cyclopean effect.