Fountain, Head Gardener's House, Buxley, Manderston House is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 June 1971. Fountain.

Fountain, Head Gardener's House, Buxley, Manderston House

WRENN ID
upper-roof-reed
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Scottish Borders
Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 June 1971
Type
Fountain
OS grid reference
NT 809 547
Coordinates
55.78581, -2.30597
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The fountain at the Head Gardener's House in Buxley, Manderston House, was designed by John Kinross and dates from 1897. It is made of ashlar stone and features a granite basin, inspired by a similar fountain at Ravelston House in Edinburgh from 1630. The fountain has a tall shaft that stands on two circular plinths, with a moulded base. The lower shaft is polygonal and moulded, supporting a gadrooned basin. The upper shaft is ornately decorated with strapworked date panels at the base, and carved dolphins that appear to tumble down each face, above which is a low-relief swagged festoon. At the top, the fountain is crowned by a unicorn holding a heraldic shield.

Local climate

Fountain, Head Gardener's House, Buxley, Manderston House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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