Threave Estate
| Threave Estate | |
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 Threave House | |
| Grid reference: | NX748611 |
| Location: | 54°55’23"N, 3°56’47"W |
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| Website: | Threave Estate |
Threave Estate is an estate near Castle Douglas in Kirkcudbrightshire. The estate was originally developed by William Gordon, who bought it in 1867. It is now owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland.
The estate covers 1,600 acres and is split into four main elements:
- Threave House, a restored Scottish baronial-style house;
- Threave Garden, made up of landscaped gardens and themed ‘rooms’;
- Threave Sculpture Garden, containing over 30 works by local sculptors;
- Threave Nature Reserve, with landscape ranging from wetlands to woodlands.
Threave is also rich in wildlife, more plentiful of bats than most places as well as a wildfowl sanctuary, and birds of all kinds flock here throughout the year.
Gardens
Threave Garden stretches over 64 acres. The Practical School of Horticulture has its home in Threave Garden.
The garden features a working walled garden, a rock garden, several ponds and water features. There is also a visitor centre and plant centre.
The garden is listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens, which is maintained by Historic Scotland.[1]
Outside links
- Threave Estate - National Trust for Scotland
References
- ↑ Threave Garden – ‘’An Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes’’: Historic Scotland