Garden Terraces, Old Parr House, Minto is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 27 August 1992. Walled garden.
Garden Terraces, Old Parr House, Minto
- WRENN ID
- vast-railing-nightshade
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1992
- Type
- Walled garden
- OS grid reference
- NT 571 204
- Coordinates
- 55.47638, -2.67922
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Garden Terraces at Old Parr House in Minto were designed by Sir Robert Lorimer in 1906. These rectangular-plan, walled garden terraces were formerly associated with Minto House, which was demolished in 1992 and 1993.
The walled garden measures 90 metres in length and features three partitions arranged over three terraced levels. The walls are constructed of squared-and-snecked rubble and include cuboid balustrades, carved scroll abutments, and flat-coping stones with a bevelled edge. The north wall has two bowed sections, while the south retaining wall is buttressed. A twin stair at the south entrance provides access to the central partition, and stone steps connect the different levels. In the centre of the westernmost partition, there is a rectangular-plan flowerbed edged with stone.
Local climate
Garden Terraces, Old Parr House, Minto receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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