Summerhouse, and retaining wall and urns to terrace south of the conservatory

Summerhouse, and retaining wall and urns to terrace south of the conservatory, Alton Park

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1037877
Date first listed:: 03-Jan-1967
List Entry Name:: Summerhouse, and retaining wall and urns to terrace south of the conservatory
Statutory Address:: Summerhouse, and retaining wall and urns to terrace south of the conservatory, Alton Park

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Date:: 2006-10-09
Reference:: IOE01/16020/26
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1037877
Date first listed:: 03-Jan-1967
List Entry Name:: Summerhouse, and retaining wall and urns to terrace south of the conservatory
Statutory Address 1:: Summerhouse, and retaining wall and urns to terrace south of the conservatory, Alton Park

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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Summerhouse, and retaining wall and urns to terrace south of the conservatory, Alton Park

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County:: Staffordshire
District:: Staffordshire Moorlands (District Authority)
Parish:: Farley
National Grid Reference:: SK 07471 43338

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12/01/2021 to reformat the text to current standards

SK 0643-0743 12/112

FARLEY C.P. ALTON PARK Summerhouse, and retaining wall and urns to terrace south of the conservatory (Formerly listed as Small Temple near Greenhouse)

3/1/67

GV II Summerhouse, grotto, wall and urns. Early C19. Ashlar. Circular summerhouse to the east end of the terrace facing west. One storey; three open bays with Tuscan columns and pilasters; heavy cornice to moulded ashlar dome with pineapple finial. The east side has a round-headed window flanked by Tuscan pilasters. An approximately 229 metre length of retaining wall is interspersed by panelled piers and is surmounted by a flat coping and urns, at its east end is a grotto immediately beneath the summerhouse. Towards the centre is a segmental arched recess, and a doorway leading to a small chamber beneath the terrace, the western part of the wall climbs up towards the west in a series of ramped steps.

This item forms part of the important garden layout at Alton Towers (q.v.) which is included at Grade I on the HBMC Garden Register.

Listing NGR: SK0747143338

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Legacy System:: LBS

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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 38 Staffordshire,

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.