Duff House Walled Garden, Banff
Description: Duff House Walled Garden
Category: B
Date Listed: 15 March 1995
Historic Scotland Building ID: 21989
OS Grid Coordinates: 369054, 863729
Latitude/Longitude: 57.6624, -2.5203
Location: A98, Banff, Aberdeenshire AB45 3SX
Locality: Banff
County: Aberdeenshire
Country: Scotland
Postcode: AB45 3SX
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Listing Text
Probably later l8th century. Surviving length of S facing wall with lean-to bothy, vinery and angle tower; short return length of walling at S. Rubble, brick lined on S face.
ANGLE TURRET: probably later 18th century. Square 2-stage angle turret with crenellated wallhead.
BOTHY: 19th century. Single pitch rubble bothy with former boiler house (to heat vinery) and wallhead chimney stacks.
VINERY: possibly early l9th century. Glazed single pitch greenhouse with late l9th century cast-iron brattishing.
References:
John Clerk, print of Banff, 1825. Charles McKean, BANFF AND BUCHAN, AN
ILLUSTRATED GUIDE (l991), p 35, illustration of vinery. INVENTORY OF GARDENS AND DESIGNED LANDSCAPES Vol 3, pp209-214.
Notes:
John Clerk's topographical print of Banff reveals the walled garden in present form with 2 lean-to greenhouses against S facing wall. Garden formerly within Duff House policies, but now separated by modern road.
Bricks retained heat, conserving warmth in S facing walls for fruit growing. Bricks probably came from the late l8th century Blackpots Brick and Tile works, Whitehills.
Source: Historic Scotland
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