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Latitude: 57.0392 / 57°2'20"N
Longitude: -3.2276 / 3°13'39"W
OS Eastings: 325600
OS Northings: 794900
OS Grid: NO256949
Mapcode National: GBR W6.BKYH
Mapcode Global: WH6MC.DB8K
Plus Code: 9C9R2QQC+MW
Entry Name: Tool Sheds And Fountain, South Garden And Queen Mary's Garden Including Greenhouses, Balmoral Castle
Listing Name: Balmoral Castle, South Garden and Queen Mary's Garden Including Greenhouses, Tool Sheds and Fountain
Listing Date: 12 March 2010
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 400422
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB51490
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200400422
Location: Crathie and Braemar
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
Parish: Crathie And Braemar
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
South Garden, laid out in 1876 as Outside Flower Garden, and redefined to W by Queen Mary, 1923-25, now known as Queen Mary's Garden.
South Garden: group of horticultural buildings to SE of castle of varying 19th century dates, originally comprising 1856, plant house and sheds; 1857, greenhouse; 1870-71, tool sheds. Late 19th century greenhouse.
Earlier greenhouse and sheds: decorative lean-to greenhouse backed to N by tall, gablet coped heated wall with mid and terminal dies. Greenhouse rectangular in plan with broad, canted entrance projection with polygonal roof and finial; stugged granite apron course; decorative cast-iron grilles; 2-leaf doors. Interior with tiered shelving and latticed apron. Lean-to granite sheds to N (rear), slate roofed with cast-iron rooflight, linked to later lean-to tool sheds, 1870-71, detailed similarly also with small-pane windows and boarded door, abacking lower, coped continuation of heated greenhouse wall. Glazed plant houses to S of these.
Later greenhouse: gabled greenhouse by gardener's cottage, pitch truncated to N by granite wall. Shuttered concrete base and decorative iron grilles. Ornate cast-iron brattishing and end finials.
Queen Mary's Garden: terraced garden, aligned with Castle, to W of South Garden. Circular fountain at centre, comprised of sunken basin with paved surround and waisted capstan covering spout at centre. Paved path to semicircular flight of steps to higher ground, accessed through 2-leaf, wrought-iron gates entwined with 'GR' and 'MR' monograms. Terraces rock-faced, semicircular to N terrace and straight to lower, S terrace. Trellised arbour to W entrance. Topiaried yew buttresses by steps to lower level.
The dates given in the Archives can possibly be linked to the buildings currently on the ground. The gardener's house (Tigh-na-Garaidh) is listed separately. The Gates were apparently made by the local blacksmith and erected by King George V in 1923. The capstan at the centre of the circular fountain is thought to have come from a harbour in Aberdeen. Feature of designed landscape and functional ancillary of major country house, also taking place of more traditional walled garden.
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