Terrace Garden, Manderston House

The Terrace Garden at Manderston House, designed by John Kinross around 1890, features impressive ashlar terrace walls made from stone sourced from Myreton Quarry in Arbroath. The lowest level is distinguished by banded pilasters and a supporting balustrade with panelled dies. The south terrace is tiered and has a central ram's horn stair, which is capped on the east by a tall, corniced pier that displays a carved heraldic panel. The eastern end of the upper tier is marked by the Griffin Gate and four urn finialled dies.

The ram's horn stair includes a depressed arch recess beneath the central platform, along with panelled dies and a balustrade. There is a row of four large stone urns, each adorned with carved swags and topped with ball finials, positioned on panelled and corniced ashlar dies, aligned with the south elevation of the house and extending eastward.

The Griffin Gate, aligned with the urns, provides access to the sunken terraces. It consists of a pair of tall, panelled ashlar gatepiers that are corniced and feature a fluted frieze with paterae, topped with large lead statues of griffins holding shields. Curved screen walls flank the gate, which is decorated with a wrought-iron gate that includes an overthrow and partial gilding, featuring an "M" shield.

At the center of the eastern terrace stands a bronze statue of Mercury on a corniced die. The garden also includes two circular ashlar ponds situated between parterres on the broad tier to the south, embellished with lion masks. Bronze statues of a cherub and a thinker are placed on pedestal dies at either side. A timber gateway with panelled jambs and a swagged, shaped overthrow is flanked by metal urn finials and features a timber gate.

The east terrace drive walls are made of corniced ashlar and run along the north side of the eastern terrace, aligning with the principal elevation of the house while shielding the drive. These walls have balustraded sections divided by dies, with panelled sections that are carved with paterae and swagging. A terminal pier features a blank panel, a carved frieze, and a dentilled cornice. At the center, there is a gateway topped with shallow ashlar urn finials and ornate wrought-iron, two-leaf gates that are partially gilded.