Walled Garden, Dunrobin Castle

A garden pavilion, dated 1732, stands outside the walled garden at Dunrobin Castle. The pavilion is square, with two storeys over a raised basement. The west frontage has three bays, featuring a central door reached by a flight of steps, and two-bay flanks. The walls are harl-pointed rubble, with polished ashlar dressings. The doorpiece is corniced and has a pulvinated frieze above the central door, with the door linked to the flanking windows by a lintel band and a cill band. A pulvinated string course runs above. The first-floor windows in the outer bays are linked by cill and lintel bands, with a central blind window containing an armorial plaque. The windows have 24-pane glazing, and there are rusticated quoins. The roof is a shallow pyramidal slate roof. A large brick extension has been added to the rear.

The walled garden is enclosed by high, coped garden walls. A series of stone finials are located along the north length, below the castle, from which flights of terraced steps lead up to the castle terracing. Further paired square ashlar gate piers with ball finials are in the south wall, accompanied by an ornate pair of wrought and cast-iron gates.

The garden features entrance and square ashlar gate piers with ball finials centred on steps leading to the garden house.

The pavilion and walled garden were built for William, Lord Strathnaver, who later became Earl of Sutherland in 1733.