Walled Garden, Kinsteary House is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 September 1979. House, walled garden.
Walled Garden, Kinsteary House
- WRENN ID
- upper-footing-rowan
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 September 1979
- Type
- House, walled garden
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
House; dated 1792. Single storey and attic, unusual
"cottage" dwelling with 5-bay north facing facade and
U-plan garden court to south. All pinned Kinsteary pink
granite rubble with contrasting tooled ashlar sandstone
dressings. Projecting gabled centre bay with lunette,
apex wrought-iron dated weather vane (pointers missing)
and side entrance. Centre ground floor Venetian window;
similar windows in flanking recessed bays; tripartites
in further recessed outer bays; 2 small piended dormers;
intersecting and multi-pane glazing.
South facing U-plan garden court enclosed east and west
by domestic and office ranges and closed on south side
by low wall with cast-iron railings. North and east
elevations of inner court linked by continuous glazed
lean-to extensions. Corniced ridge and wallhead stacks;
piended slate roof.
Interior; original 6-panelled doors and simple coved
ceilings.
Walled garden; large walled garden, rubble walls with
ashlar copes; brick lined on south and west elevations.
Detailed Attributes
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