Caldra House, Walled Garden

The walled garden belonging to Caldra House is situated on sloping ground to the south-west of the house. It probably dates from the first half of the nineteenth century, and the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map, published in the mid-nineteenth century, illustrates the formal layout of paths that existed within at this time.

A rubble-built bothy stands next to the north-west wall of the garden. It is a single-storeyed structure, with an attic floor lit by gabled windows, which, together with the with the timber canopy above the door, were included to give the structure a picturesque appearance.

A conservatory once also stood against the north-west garden wall, but this has been removed in recent years.

Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project

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Visible on Ordnance Survey large scale vertical air photograph (#S 70/365/207).