The Italian Garden Including Walls and Features
THE ITALIAN GARDEN INCLUDING WALLS AND FEATURES
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1042244
- Date first listed:
- 11-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Italian Garden Including Walls and Features
- Statutory Address:
- THE ITALIAN GARDEN INCLUDING WALLS AND FEATURES
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1042244
- Date first listed:
- 11-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Italian Garden Including Walls and Features
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE ITALIAN GARDEN INCLUDING WALLS AND FEATURES
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE ITALIAN GARDEN INCLUDING WALLS AND FEATURES
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Ancroft
- National Grid Reference:
- NU 03989 43706
Details
ANCROFT HAGGERSTON NU 04 SW 10/36 The Italian Garden including walls and features
GV II
House and walled garden. Early C20 for Thomas Leyland. Garden wall roughly-dressed stone lined in English Garden Wall Bond. Brick west wall lined in snecked stone. House and arbour. ashlar with Lakeland slate roof. Wrought-iron gates.
Large square garden with tall Rococo style double gates in south-east corner. Small panelled doorway in north-east corner is flanked by 4 wood panels of naturalistic open-work carving. Arbour against centre of east wall with 4 Roman Doric columns.
House set against north wall. Single storey, 3 bays with moulded plinth and rusticated quoins. Pedimented centre bay, originally an open temple front, has two Roman Doric columns in antis; triglyph frieze. Flanking round- headed windows with radiating glazing bars. Hipped roof. Keyed Venetian windows on returns.
Garden west wall has large segmental apse with 6 round-headed niches separated by broad flat pilasters.
Little Lakeland slate roof over.
Interior of house has 2 naturalistic plaster ceilings with vines growing through trellises. Also contemporary doors and wood panelling.
Listing NGR: NU0398943706
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 237889
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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