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Walled Garden And Garden Cottage, Letterfourie House

A Category B Listed Building in Rathven, Moray

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.6438 / 57°38'37"N

Longitude: -2.9257 / 2°55'32"W

OS Eastings: 344835

OS Northings: 861917

OS Grid: NJ448619

Mapcode National: GBR M84J.8FG

Mapcode Global: WH7KR.142J

Plus Code: 9C9VJ3VF+GP

Entry Name: Walled Garden And Garden Cottage, Letterfourie House

Listing Name: Letterfourie, Walled Garden and Cottage

Listing Date: 25 April 1989

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 349190

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB15545

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200349190

Location: Rathven

County: Moray

Electoral Ward: Keith and Cullen

Parish: Rathven

Traditional County: Banffshire

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Description

1770-80. Large rectangular walled garden on S facing sloping
site. Rubble walls, lined with brick at S aspect of N wall,
tooled ashlar cope, polished ashlar dressings. Wide
pedimented projecting 5-bay garden room or orangery with
curved angles sited in middle of N wall. Doorway with radial
fanlight and flanking windows, further window in each bowed
angle; multi-pane glazing. S aspect of garden room formed by
2 wide segmental-headed arches; original roof missing.
Wide round-headed and keystoned arched entrance in centre of
S wall of garden.
Later 2-storey, 3-bay house, part brick, part harled,
incorporated in N wall with windows opening to it, 2- and
4-pane glazing. 2 later dormers; brick end and wallhead
stacks; slate roof.
Approximate measurements. 73 x 117 yds (66 x 107m)
wall height - 20' (6m)

Statement of Interest

Unusual porch/garden room/orangery. Garden no longer

cultivated.

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