Introduction
Houndwood House has 19th-century garden features, including parkland, an ornamental shrubbery with water features developed in a woodland shelterbelt, yew and holly hedges and kitchen garden walls in the shape of a trapezium. There is also an early-20th-century Japanese garden.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
0131 668 8600
- Associated People
- Features & Designations
Designations
Historic Environment Scotland An Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The original house was a 12th-century tower.
- Shrubbery
- Kitchen Garden
- Planting
- Description: Japanese garden.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
Hectares
25
Electoral Ward
Eyemouth and District North
- References
References
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Historic Scotland, 'Houndwood House', {Gardens and Designed Landscapes},
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