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View of central section of formal garden from parapet of keep. Digital image of D 47484 CN.

SC 757649

Description View of central section of formal garden from parapet of keep. Digital image of D 47484 CN.

Date 28/7/1999

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 757649

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 47484 CN

Scope and Content Central section of formal garden from parapet of keep, Drummond Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows the spectacular view of the parterre from the top of the castle keep. Stone terraces visible at the bottom of the image lead down to an Italianate garden in the form of a huge satire (Scottish flag) with inset coronets from the Drummond coat of arms. Topiary, low box hedges, flowerbeds and shrubs make up the complex design. An avenue is cut through the trees (top right). Queen Victoria visited Drummond Castle and gardens for three days in September 1842. The Royal party was met by the clansmen of Drummond in full highland dress in the inner court, and on the third night an evening ball and banquet was held in a specially built 'tent' in the east courtyard. Red and gold drapery was supported by 20 marbled columns while overhead glittered a blue ceiling studded with golden stars. Drummond Castle was built c.1490, but the complex of buildings visible today consist of a gatehouse which was added in 1630-6 by architect John Mylne III (1611-67) and an L-plan mansion built for the 4th Earl of Perth in 1689. The mansion was extended in the 18th or early 19th century, and remodelled in Baronial style into its present form by architect G T Ewing in 1878 and 1900. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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