Situated next to the marble dairy featured in a previous post is the Head Gardener’s House.
Beside the dairy is the ornate Scottish seventeenth-century style Head-Gardener’s House of 1897, directly inspired by Argyll’s Lodging in Stirling, and surrounded by its neat garden behind a fine wrought-iron gate. The high status of the head-gardener in the estate hierarchy is obvious from such a residence, including even a decorative dolphin fountain and sundial.
Looks like a lot work to keep up. Wow!!!
Coffee is on
Not as much work in this one as the formal gardens nearby
It’s only fitting that the head gardener should have a flower lined walkway.
Rather like I red carpet… I like it
Now that’s a rather fine house. Just right for me
I think it is already taken, although you could make an offer
How do you fancy being head gardener at Manderston?
I love that architectural style. I have a friend who built one new and you’d be hard pressed to tell it wasn’t 400 years old.
It would be interesting to see your friends house
Did you get to look inside, Cherie? It looks a very comfortable place from the outside.
I suspect that the head gardener did not have far to go to work
Unfortunately no I didn’t get to see inside, it is strictly private. I took the photograph from outside the gate that opens on to the path.
The head gardener only has to walk around the corner to the formal gardens
I want it, I want it, I want to live there.
Living there you would be responsible for the upkeep of the formal gardens
Oh well, plenty of time now.
But you have a boat to build
Now just the sort of house that appeals to me; I like the rounded part of it especially. I don’t want t fiddle around in the garden, though.
I think if you lived in this house you wouldn’t be able to avoid garden fiddling duties!!
What a beautiful house – oh to be a Head Gardener
A perfect house for a gardener