The Old Kennels Adjoining House and Yard Walls 60 Metres South East of Walled Garden in Nunwick Park
THE OLD KENNELS ADJOINING HOUSE AND YARD WALLS 60 METRES SOUTH EAST OF WALLED GARDEN IN NUNWICK PARK, B 6320
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1045214
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Kennels Adjoining House and Yard Walls 60 Metres South East of Walled Garden in Nunwick Park
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD KENNELS ADJOINING HOUSE AND YARD WALLS 60 METRES SOUTH EAST OF WALLED GARDEN IN NUNWICK PARK, B 6320
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1045214
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Kennels Adjoining House and Yard Walls 60 Metres South East of Walled Garden in Nunwick Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD KENNELS ADJOINING HOUSE AND YARD WALLS 60 METRES SOUTH EAST OF WALLED GARDEN IN NUNWICK PARK, B 6320
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 OLD KENNELS ADJOINING HOUSE AND YARD WALLS 60 METRES SOUTH EAST OF WALLED GARDEN IN NUNWICK PARK, B 6320
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Simonburn
- National Grid Reference:
- NY 87872 73856
Details
SIMONBURN B 6320, Nunwick NY 8773 879738 (East side, off) 19/126 The Old Kennels, adjoining house and yard walls, 60 metres south- east of walled garden in Nunwick Park II
Kennel-block, former kennel-man's house and yard walls. Dated 1768. Ashlar and squared sandstone. House has Welsh slate roof and stone chimney. Kennel with walled yards on south, east and west; house on west side of south yard. Gothick style. Pointed doorways and windows with Y-tracery in flat-faced, chamfered surrounds.
Single-storey, 3-bay kennel block: central doorway, flanking windows and battlements on rubble south wall; similar features plus cross-loops on 2-bay ashlar returns; datestone inscribed L A I 1768 (Lancelot Allgood) below central embrasure on west return; large central opening and flanking doorways on north; roofless.
2-storey, 2-bay house: ashlar quoins; blocked doorway and 2-light window, with square opening above, on west; low-pitched roof with coped gables and end stack; flight of stone steps under pointed archway on north return; similar door and window details on rear.
South yard enclosed on 2 sides by tall flat-coped rubble wall; pointed archway near junction with kennel block. East yard enclosed on 3 sides by low ashlar wall with chamfered coping; raised section incorporating pointed archway in centre of east wall. West yard enclosed on 2'sides by low rubble wall with chamfered coping. A picturesque landscape feature; the kennel block is a roofless shell; the house is used for storage.
Listing NGR: NY8787273856
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 240810
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 31 Northumberland,
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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