Walled Garden, Newbattle Abbey Policies is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 29 September 1994. Walled garden.

Walled Garden, Newbattle Abbey Policies

WRENN ID
swift-corbel-juniper
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
29 September 1994
Type
Walled garden
OS grid reference
NT 331 663
Coordinates
55.88562, -3.07076
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Walled Garden at Newbattle Abbey Policies dates from the mid-19th century and features a tall U-shaped wall. The front and right sides are constructed from sandstone rubble, while the left side is made of brick. The front wall has ashlar coping and includes three curvilinear gableheads, which are truncated at the far right and left, along with several doorways. The inner side of the wall has a brick lining and modern steel beams supporting the rear of the gableheads. Inside the walls, there are large circular and rectangular planters made of ashlar.

Local climate

Walled Garden, Newbattle Abbey Policies receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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