Walled Garden, The Old Manse, 1-4 Station Road, Balfron is a Grade C listed building in the Stirling local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 October 2002. Walled garden. 1 related planning application.

Walled Garden, The Old Manse, 1-4 Station Road, Balfron

WRENN ID
haunted-brick-sorrel
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Stirling
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
30 October 2002
Type
Walled garden
OS grid reference
NS 542 890
Coordinates
56.07239, -4.34308
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The walled garden at The Old Manse, located at 1-4 Station Road in Balfron, dates from the late 18th to early 19th century. It has an irregular shape, primarily following a rectangular plan with curved sections of wall on the south and east sides. The walls are constructed of coursed sandstone rubble topped with squared stugged sandstone coping. There are entrances located to the southeast and a larger entrance to the west. Additionally, there is a 20th century lean-to greenhouse attached to the north wall.

Local climate

Walled Garden, The Old Manse, 1-4 Station Road, Balfron sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% 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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