Walled Garden, Thirlestane Castle Estate is a Grade C listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 March 2009. Walled garden. 1 related planning application.
Walled Garden, Thirlestane Castle Estate
- WRENN ID
- upper-foundation-linden
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP: John Lamont (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 March 2009
- Type
- Walled garden
- OS grid reference
- NT 528 484
- Coordinates
- 55.72758, -2.75287
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Walled Garden at Thirlestane Castle Estate is a substantial, rectangular-plan structure built in the mid-19th century. It is located approximately 700 metres northwest of Thirlestane Castle. The garden features predominantly squared and snecked rubble walls topped with rounded rubble coping. The corners are swept and chamfered at the south elevation. There are squared, coped entrance piers at the northwest angle. Additionally, a run of single-storey lean-to garden stores made of squared and snecked whinstone rubble with red sandstone ashlar dressings is attached to the outside wall to the north.
Local climate
Walled Garden, Thirlestane Castle Estate receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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