Garden Walls to North of World Bird Research Station
GARDEN WALLS TO NORTH OF WORLD BIRD RESEARCH STATION, FRONT STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1041987
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1987
- Statutory Address:
- GARDEN WALLS TO NORTH OF WORLD BIRD RESEARCH STATION, FRONT STREET
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- 2006-10-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/15385/24
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1041987
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1987
- Statutory Address 1:
- GARDEN WALLS TO NORTH OF WORLD BIRD RESEARCH STATION, FRONT STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GARDEN WALLS TO NORTH OF WORLD BIRD RESEARCH STATION, FRONT STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Glanton
- National Grid Reference:
- NU 07050 14552
Details
GLANTON FRONT STREET NU 0714 (North side) Glanton Village 21/202 Garden walls to north of World Bird Research Station GV II
Garden walls, c.1796 incorporating earlier C18 wall on west. Squared stone. 3-metre high flat-coped wall on east is linked by lower wall at south end to stable/coach-house (q.v.) at rear of World Bird Research Station; similar wall on north. 2-metre high west wall has gabled coping, and runs past west end of Primrose Cottage (q.v.).
The walls originally enclosed a formal garden behind The Mansion (now the World Bird Research Station); since 1930 the area has been planted with a variety of both indigenous and exotic trees, and used as a bird sanctuary and study area.
Listing NGR: NU0705014552
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- Legacy System number:
- 236545
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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