Gourock House, Walled Garden And Greenhouse
Glasshouse (19th Century), Walled Garden (Post Medieval)
Site Name Gourock House, Walled Garden And Greenhouse
Classification Glasshouse (19th Century), Walled Garden (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Gourock Park; Gourock House Policies
Canmore ID 294121
Site Number NS27NW 15.01
NGR NS 24523 77142
NGR Description Centred NS 24523 77142
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294121
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Inverkip
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS27NW 15.01 centred 24523 77142
The walled garden and greenhouses are and were situated to the N of the site of Gourock House in what is now the northern part of Gourock Park. A mark on the N wall of the present Park is possibly the site of the cleared greenhouses. On the southern side of the former walled garden is the remains of a bandstand with terracing ( ).
The greenhouses were located along the north wall of the walled garden and bot these and the garden are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map (Renfrewshire, 1857-58, sheet 1), which shows that the garden is extant with no greenhouses. By the date of the 2nd edition (1897) one small building is visible against the N wall and the garden has been cleared of trees and the later editions (Revision 1914 ans Provisional 1938-39) show the further development of greenhouses in the garden and the addition of a bandstand within the annotated 'Gourock Park' by the latter dated map.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, SC), 17 April 2008.
