Exedra, Traquair House is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 August 2003. Exedra.

Exedra, Traquair House

WRENN ID: pale-baluster-blackthorn
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: Scottish Borders
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 12 August 2003
Type: Exedra
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Circa 1738 for Charles Stuart, 4th Earl of Traquair (10th Laird) with mid-19th century remodelling. Landscape features comprising pair of arched walls terminating in cylindrical piers formerly with statues surmounting. Random rubble walls and piers with very thin flat copes, now turfed and seeding.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: pair of arched rubble walls terminating in (later remodelled) cylindrical piers flanking end of formal Avenue and overlooking Wineglass Lawn. Formerly with classical statue (draped nude female) surmounting each pier, only NW statue on S exedra surviving.

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