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Mansion and walled garden, still in use. The house was probably originally a fortified house built in circa 1600, which remains as the southern part of the central block. A major extension to the north was added in the early 18th century, along with a further storey and an advanced pedimented central bay. The walled garden was also built around this time. The east service and nursery wing, the west wing and the south entrance porch were added in 1827-29 by William Burn, architect. It is shown on the 1st edition OS map as an irregular L-plan house with a U-plan section on the north-east corner, open to the north. The walled garden to the north-east of the house is quartered and has a building against the north wall and a narrow divided off section to the south. On the 2nd edition OS map, the eastern wing of the U-plan section has been removed, and replaced by an L-plan wing slightly to the north-east. The walled garden is no longer quartered and has a sundial and additional buildings against the north wall. The southern section has been extended. Current maps show the U-plan section of the house has been removed, leaving the irregular L-plan building. There have been further alterations to the walled garden. The house was used as billets in 1940 for the WAAF, and it was also used as an officer's mess for Tealing Airfield (NO43NW0051) for a time. It had become derelict by 1988, and it has since been fully restored. It is a classical mansion house constructed of harled rubble with a slate roof with coped skews and corniced stacks. The windows have ashlar margins, and there are some moulded cills at the north elevation. The south elevation of the main block has two centre advanced pedimented bays with oculii, keystoned windows and gablehead stacks. The west wing is linked to the main block by a recessed single bay. The south elevation features a pediment with a blind oculus. The east elevation is made up of a shallow single-storey, basement and attic block abutting the main house. The courtyard formed by the removed U-plan section featured two subterranean barrel-vaulted cellars. The walled garden has doorways in the centre of each wall to pathways that formerly quartered the garden. A Level 1 Standing Building Survey of the walled garden was carried out in April 2008 by Scotia Archaeology prior to the construction of residential accommodation within the garden. The north, east and west walls are all constructed of random rubble, capped with half-round, roughly hewn copes. The south wall is shorter than the others, and it topped with simple metal railings set into rectangular sandstone bases. Against the outside of the north wall are the remains of a boiler house and a brick flue, with a hot water system and return valve embedded in the wall. The garden was run as a commercial market garden until 1975.
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NO43NW0042 - TEALING HOUSE