Newton House, Walled Garden

Important garden divided into four (now three) by stone-coped brick walls, designed by the late Theodore Haughton of Williamston, and executed by the late owner, A Parkin-Moore.

Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

NJ62NE 29.06 66458 29726

(Classified as Walled Garden; Sundial; Memorial). The walled garden at Newton House (NJ62NE 29.00) stands about 280m E of the house. It is included in an Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, but the descriptions of several features are worthy of some expansion. They include a datestone in the S face of the N wall of the garden, which is inscribed with the initials 'AG & SG' above the date '1846'. The first initial refer to Alexander Gordon, son of another Alexander Gordon, who bought Newton House in about 1800 after a career trading sugar in Tobago. It was he who erected the small sundial that stands in the policies between Newton House and the walled garden. Slate-faced with a brass vane, the sundial bears the inscription 'AG 1800 JG Lat 57 deg, 20 mins'.

On the W side of the garden there is also a memorial pillar to Alexander William Parkin-Moore, who inherited Newton House in 1953 and recreated the garden within the walls. It reads 'Grateful Memory Alexander William Parkin-Moore of Newton who reclaimed and designed the garden 1946-1979. Made by his Great Grandfather Alexander Gordon of Newton in 1846 and had fallen into neglect. He hoped it would give pleasure to everyone "Consider the Perfection of the Infinite Unseen"'

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 11 June 1996.

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