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Garden, Stobsmill House, Gorebridge

A Category C Listed Building in Borthwick, Midlothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8393 / 55°50'21"N

Longitude: -3.0485 / 3°2'54"W

OS Eastings: 334433

OS Northings: 661171

OS Grid: NT344611

Mapcode National: GBR 704X.TM

Mapcode Global: WH7VD.4HLC

Plus Code: 9C7RRXQ2+PH

Entry Name: Garden, Stobsmill House, Gorebridge

Listing Name: Gorebridge, Stobsmills House, Walled Garden

Listing Date: 19 March 1998

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 391991

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45173

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200391991

Location: Borthwick

County: Midlothian

Electoral Ward: Midlothian South

Parish: Borthwick

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Circa 1795. Rectangular plan walled garden. Snecked sandstone rubble with flat coping; coursed rubble inner lining; long and short droved quoins stop chamfered to NE and NW. Walls swept down to S, with curved corners to SE and SW; chamfered doorways with relieving arches to W and E; replacement boarded timber doors. Single storey potting shed to W (outside) with arched doorway off centre to left and window with relieving arch to outer left; bays to right collapsed, replaced by corrugated iron roofed shelter. Evidence of greenhouses to inside of N wall; small greenhouse to centre of W wall and corrugated iron shelter to left.

Statement of Interest

According to the present owner the house was at one time self sufficient, and all that was required was produced in the walled garden and surrounding estate.

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