What is recorded here

Garden Cottage at Thirlestane Castle Estate is a 19th-century gardeners lodge recorded in 1841, a small stone witness to the hands that kept the castle grounds alive. It may have hosted the people who tended the land, offering them warmth and a place to rest between tasks. The cottage still belongs to the estate, waiting for a visitor who understands that gardens are built by human labour as much as by nature.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Thirlestane Castle Estate, Garden Cottage as Gardeners Lodge (19th Century) (1841). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Thirlestane Castle Estate, Garden Cottage was built in the 19th century, specifically around 1841, as a gardener's lodge for the Thirlestane Castle estate. It is important as part of the historic estate associated with the influential Douglas-Home family, who held Thirlestane Castle for centuries.

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