Walls Enclosing Kitchen Garden, Immediately East of Stables, Ven House
WALLS ENCLOSING KITCHEN GARDEN, IMMEDIATELY EAST OF STABLES, VEN HOUSE, LONDON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1056290
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Walls Enclosing Kitchen Garden, Immediately East of Stables, Ven House
- Statutory Address:
- WALLS ENCLOSING KITCHEN GARDEN, IMMEDIATELY EAST OF STABLES, VEN HOUSE, LONDON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1056290
- Date first listed:
- 24-Mar-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Walls Enclosing Kitchen Garden, Immediately East of Stables, Ven House
- Statutory Address 1:
- WALLS ENCLOSING KITCHEN GARDEN, IMMEDIATELY EAST OF STABLES, VEN HOUSE, LONDON ROAD
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:
- WALLS ENCLOSING KITCHEN GARDEN, IMMEDIATELY EAST OF STABLES, VEN HOUSE, LONDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Milborne Port
- National Grid Reference:
- ST6816618386
Details
ST61NE
5/157
MILBORNE PORT CP
LONDON ROAD (South side)
Walls Enclosing Kitchen Garden, immediately East of Stables, Ven House
24.3.61
GV
II
Enclosing wall with gateways. C18. Red brick English Garden wall bond, Ham stone
dressings. Brick walls approximately 4 metres high, with plain ashlar copings, brick piers
with cornice caps and ball finials, enclosing kitchen garden approximately 70 metres by 50
metres, and also Nursery Northwards: gateways in middle of North and South walls
kitchen garden; good wrot iron gates with simple overthrows: East wall lower, about 1.5
metres, in rubble stonework; in centre tall ashlar piers with cornice caps and urn finials;
good wrot iron gates with elaborate overthrow.
Part of the setting to an important Country House.
(Country Life, October 29th, 1898).
Listing NGR: ST6816618386
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 261894
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in 29 October, (1898)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 37 Somerset,
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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