Of Mansion Residences, the first we saw in order of time was Terragles, where some additions to the house were being made, and where the park had been sprinkled over with single trees, in the equidistant manner, so as to destroy all allusion to natural grouping, and, in a great measure, obliterate whatever variation of surface there was originally in the ground. These trees were chiefly oaks, from 20 to 30 ft. high: they were removed without any preparation, in the preceding two years; and scarcely one of them had failed, much to the credit of the very intelligent gardener, Mr. Carruthers. Adjoining the house was an old architectural garden, consisting of a level square platform, with thick, lofty, hornbeam hedges, and on two sides a broad grass terrace, between 20 and 30 ft. higher than the exterior grounds. The view from this terrace to a new kitchen-garden, which meets the eye on a gentle slope, backed by wood, is striking, because uncommon, and is, we think, agreeable. By the routine manner of improving, this garden would be turned into a pleasure-ground; but, from the impressions it made on us, we should be inclined to retain it as a garden of fruit and flowers. It was in excellent order. [Editor's Note: Terregles, four miles east of Dumfries, was the seat of Lord Herries. The new mansion was built after 1792]
