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Summary

Description

E entrance gate to Culross Park House situated to N of Park Lodge. Pair of chamfered square-plan piers; base course and coping stone. Tall wall curves N, reduces in height and extends northwards. Wall continues westwards along Gallows Loan; rubble wall; slightly projecting dressed stone blocks at wallhead; re-used corniced coping stone to W. Wall runs southwards to W entrance gate. Break in wall for access to footpath; corniced square-plan pier to S, corniced, conical coping stone; snecked quadrant wall with ashlar coping to chamfered and corniced square-plan gatepier. Pair of metal gates; matching gatepier to right; swept wall to outer pier with corniced conical coping stone. Rubble wall continues southwards down Erskine Brae curving eastwards to run N along Kirk Street. Doorway S of Erskine Brae. Wall continues northwards, bends west with moulded ashlar doorpiece leading to former gardens of Culross Park House. Wall continues northwards to join E entrance gate; pier in angle with conical coping stone by entrance gatepiers.

Statement of Special Interest

B-Group with Culross Park House and Culross Park Lodge and Cottage. The line of the walls are depicted on the 1860 map, however, the gatelodge and piers are not. The E and W entrance gates were probably built at the time of the addition of the E wing to Culross Park House (later 19th century).

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