The Gardens oj Newbattle Abbey 
THE GARDENS AT NEWBATTLE FROM THE MANSION 
of the whole of the estates as a temporal 
barony, he being dignified with the title of 
Lord Newbattle. In 1606 he was created 
Earl of Lothian, and 
the fourth Earl, Rob¬ 
ert, was raised to the 
Marquisate in 1701. 
The present man¬ 
sion though belong¬ 
ing to no particular 
historic style of archi¬ 
tecture, and though 
much altered and add¬ 
ed to from time to 
time, exhibits the cold 
forbidding characteris¬ 
tics of the Scotch 
manorial buildings. 
The principal ap¬ 
proach is from the 
public highway on the 
west side by means of 
a straight avenue, at 
the junction of which 
with the public road is an entrance gate with 
lodges on each side. This gateway is formed 
in the wall which skirts the public highway, 
and which, from the 
fact that it originally 
formed the boundary 
of the Abbey lands 
belonging to the 
monks, is known at 
the present day as the 
“ Monksland Wall.” 
I'he flower garden, 
consisting of a par¬ 
terre separated from 
the surrounding 
grounds by a low ter¬ 
race, and with which 
it communicates by 
means of flights of 
steps, is situated on 
the east side of the 
mansion. Like the 
house itself, the gar¬ 
den seems to have 
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THE PLAN OF THE NEWBATTLE GARDENS 
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