Mordington House, Walled Garden Mordington, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Mordington House, Walled Garden has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 393900 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 46567
- Canmore ID
- 128301
- Category
- B
- Name
- Mordington House, Walled Garden
- Parish
- Mordington
- County
- Scottish Borders
- Easting
- 395252
- Northing
- 656132
- Date Listed
- 24 January 2000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Probably early 19th century with later additions and alterations. Originally rectangular-plan walled garden (approximately 3,200m?) with rubble walls and curved corners; later extended to S, forming near L-plan (approximately 6,400m?). Tall, rubble-coped walls enclosing garden to N and E; arched coping to wall enclosing site to W (swept to S); low walls partially enclosing extended site to S and SW. U-plan seating (?) alcove to S. Boarded timber doors accessing garden to N and W; timber gates to E. Modern tennis court inserted to NW. Modern pond formed to S. Some remains of formal layout. Single storey, mono-pitched, rubble-built potting shed adjoining outer elevation W wall.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
B Group comprises 'Mordington House, Boundary Walls, Quadrant Walls and Gatepiers', 'Mordington House, Gate Lodge' and Mordington House, Walled Garden' - see separate list entries. A large walled garden set to the NE of and still associated with Mordington House (itself rebuilt in 1974). The 1st OS map shows the garden as having been rectangular in plan, with a central path running N-S and what is now the main E-W path the then S boundary. The insertion of a tennis court and formation of a pond are additions dating to after 1985.
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Sharp, Greenwood & Fowler's map, 1826 (something on site). Ordnance Survey map, 1857 (evident).
