Walled Garden, Cullen House

The site includes a large, rectangular walled garden, designed by James Playfair in 1788. The garden is enclosed by brick walls, with random rubble on the north wall's outer face. The walls are topped with polished ashlar copes, angle pilasters, and stacks that serve wall flues. A pair of round-headed entrances are located in the north wall, flanked by a series of lean-to bothies and former boiler houses. While the southern aspect originally featured glasshouses, these are now absent; however, the wallhead is marked by coped stacks, and dummy coped stacks form the angle wallhead finials. A significant gap is present in the centre of the east wall. A square-headed pedestrian gate with ashlar jambs and double-leaf doors is set in the west wall, providing access to the Garden House.

A pair of single-storey, 4-bay gardeners’ cottages, likely dating from the earlier 19th century, are situated at a slight angle to one another. These cottages are linked by the curved south wall of a small, rectangular walled garden at the rear.

The eastern cottage is back to back with a mirrored block of similar size behind it. It is whitewashed, with an off-centre entrance masked by a modern, flat-roofed porch. Segmental-headed lintels feature over the four front windows; the rear elevation has three windows, enlarged in the outer bays, with 12-pane glazing. Coped end stacks rise from slate roofs, and stone ridges are visible.

The western cottage is similar in appearance but lacks the corresponding rear block. It is constructed with harl-pointed rubble, with tooled rubble dressings. The off-centre entrance lacks a porch. End stacks, a slate roof, and a stone ridge are present.

The rear walled garden returns to finish at the northeast and northwest angles of the main garden, separated by a roadway. The gaps are flanked by simple, square ashlar gatepiers.

The Garden House, possibly designed by A and W Reid, Elgin, and dated 1769, is situated on the west side of the main walled garden. A modern two-storey wing has been added at the rear, breaking through the wall to give access to the garden. The house is two stories high, with varying roof heights, and incorporates the modern wing at the rear. It is harled, with tooled ashlar margins and dressings. The symmetrical west front features three bays, with a slightly advanced and gabled centre bay. A hooded entrance is present, with a datestone above, flanked by hooded windows. The north and south return gables have single ground and first-floor windows. A single-storey, three-bay wing is located at the rear, alongside the modern two-storey wing which breaks into the walled garden with a projecting canted window rising the full height. Primarily, 12-pane glazing is used. Shaped skewputts, fleurs-de-lis stone finials, slate roofs, and stone ridges are also visible.