The owner wished to develop a long term detailed management plan for this important park in order to ensure its future condition and to be able to replace fetures that were likely to disappear if not conserved.

  • Address : Dochfour
  • Region : Highland
  • Area : 1000
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  • Project start : 2002
  • Project end : 2003
  • Implementation start : 2003
  • Implementation end : ongo
  • Project Status : Implemented in part
  • Client : Alex Baillie
  • Ownership : Private
  • Accessibility : Limited public access
  • Project Team : Simon Bell, Steve Conolly
  • Brief Description : This project undertook a historical study of the development of the gardens and wider "policies" or park from the 1700s to the present day in order to identify the main elements that needed to be conserved and those aspects that could be restored or removed. This was a preminary to the more detailed management of the trees, tree clumps, avenues and woods that comprise the estate.
  • Designer : Simon Bell in association with Cawdor Forest Management Ltd
  • Project Name : Original : Dochfour Estate landscape management plan
  • Type : Countryhouse gardens
  • Image Title : Aerial view 1920s
  • Image Desc : This view shows the estate and its woodlands in the 1920s