THE GARDENS HOUSE AND THREE WALLED GARDENS,INCLUDING OCTAGONAL GREEN HOUSE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1100991
Date first listed: 09-Dec-1983
Statutory Address: THE GARDENS HOUSE AND THREE WALLED GARDENS,INCLUDING OCTAGONAL GREEN HOUSE, MARFORD ROAD
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Location
Statutory Address: THE GARDENS HOUSE AND THREE WALLED GARDENS,INCLUDING OCTAGONAL GREEN HOUSE, MARFORD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Hertfordshire
District: Welwyn Hatfield (District Authority)
Parish: Hatfield
National Grid Reference: TL 20957 13154
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
Lemsford
TL 21 SW HATFIELD MARFORD ROAD
(north side)
5/177 'The Gardens':
House and three walled
gardens, including
octagonal green house
GV II
House and adjoining walled gardens. Mid-late C18. Probably by
James Paine for Sir Mathew Lamb. Red brick. House has slate
roof with central chimney stack. 2 storeys with 3-sided E end.
Recessed sash windows with gauged brick heads and 1st floor brick
sill band. Flush panel double doors on N. Garden walls are 3-4
metres high and attached to W side of house. Shallow pyramid
coping. 2 long rectangular gardens on E. Roughly square-plan
garden on N with outbuildings attached to canted N walls.
Segmental-headed double gate on W side flanked by large heraldic
panel fragments with lion and dragon. In centre of N garden is
an octagonal greenhouse of early C19. Red brick piers and lower
walls. Cast iron roof structure and wooden glazing bars.
Moulded wood cornice with dentil course to square vestibule on S
side. Each face has 3 6-pane windows, the centre one a side-hung
ventilator.
Listing NGR: TL2095713154
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 158440
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 21 Hertfordshire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing