Hirsel, The, Coldstream, Scotland
Record Id: 1753
Site timeline
1700 to 1760: William, 8th Earl of Home, lays out a formal landscape comprising two large enclosed parks separated by a double avenue, and constructs the walled kitchen garden.
1786: The 10th Earl of Home makes the lake and improves the policies.
After 1881: A storm blows down much of Dundock Wood and the open areas are then replanted with rhododendrons to make a woodland garden.
People associated with this site
Designer: William Adam (born 1689 died 1748)
Architect: William Atkinson (born 1773 died 1839)
Surveyor: David Blackadder (Known to have been active 1810 to 1841)
Architect: Sir David Bryce, senior (born 03/04/1803 died 05/08/1876)
Architect: William Burn (born 20/12/1789 died 1870)
Architect: James Campbell Walker (born 11/04/1821 died 10/01/1888)
Architect: George Henderson (born 03/10/1846 died 24/03/1905)
Architect: Ian Gordon Lindsay (born 29/07/1906 died 28/08/1966)
Architect: Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (born 29/03/1869 died 01/01/1944)
Features
lake
Feature created: 1768
The lake was constructed in a marshy area shown as a moss on a map dated 1760. It covers almost 11 hectares and has high nature conservation value.
Designation status: Site of Special Scientific Interest Designation Reference Hirsel Lake, meadows in the northern section of the Leet, part of Dunglass Wood and Dundock Wood
garden seat
A rustic wooden bower which is present on the 1864 plan but was probably rebuilt around 1900.
icehouse
Plantings
A tulip tree in the centre of the walled garden may date to around 1740.
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