Gardens and wall, view from South East Digital image of D/12681

Description Gardens and wall, view from South East Digital image of D/12681

Date 18/4/1997

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

Catalogue Number SC 759704

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 12681

Scope and Content Fruit Store and Terraced Walk, Walled Gardens, Newhailes, Musselburgh, East Lothian This shows a walled garden which was used as a nursery for a garden centre in the late 20th century. The rubble-built base was probably originally a boundary wall which had bricks added when the walled gardens were created. The gardens contained a kitchen garden for vegetables and fruit, and a flower garden. The wide variety in shape, colour and texture of the fruit and vegetables grown made walled gardens visually attractive. The Victorian kitchen gardener provided the family, guests and servants with a large quantity of quality vegetables all year round without the help of modern fertilisers and equipment. James Smith (c.1645-1731) architect, designed and built Newhailes House (originally known as Whitehill) in 1686. Sir David Dalrymple (c.1665-1721) bought the estate in 1709 and started the construction of the library wing in 1718 which was completed after his death in 1721 by his son, Sir James Dalrymple (1692-1751). The house was modernised in 1871-3 when Lord Shand was tenant, and has remained largely unchanged since. The National Trust for Scotland became the owners of Newhailes House in January 1997. The house opened to the public on 1 June 2002 after a £12.7 million conservation project that ensured the house was stabilised without losing the patination of the interior decoration. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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