Blair Castle, walled garden. View of Chinese bridge 1753. Digital image of PT 4425.

Description Blair Castle, walled garden. View of Chinese bridge 1753. Digital image of PT 4425.

Date 1973

Catalogue Number SC 767095

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of PT 4425

Scope and Content Chinese Bridge, Walled Garden, Blair Castle, Perth & Kinross This shows the Chinese Bridge in the walled garden, a structure which dates from 1753. Wooden bars are fitted within a strong framework to form angular patterns, similar to those fashionable in furniture designs, such as 'Chinese Chippendale' of the period. Accounts from that year also show payments were made for a Chinese temple, railing and gates. The walled garden was created by James, 2nd Duke of Atholl in 1744, and took ten years to construct. It encloses a large expanse of artificial lake, and is bordered by walks, a folly, and niches with statues. The area was restored in the 1990s, and is now known as the 'Hercules Garden'. Blair Castle, the seat of the Dukes of Atholl, was begun in 1269, extended in the 15th and 16th centuries, and remodelled to resemble a Georgian mansion by architect James Winter in the mid-1700s. The south-east wing was built in 1743-5, and rebuilt to include a clock-tower to designs by architect Archibald Elliot in 1814 after a fire. The castle was 're-baronialised' to designs by architect David Bryce in 1869-71, who also designed the ballroom (1826-7). It was modified again in 1886 (J C Walker), 1904-5 (J McIntyre Henry) and 1920-1 (Sir Robert Lorimer). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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