The Garden Gate and Walls Approximately 75 Metres North West of the Stable Block to Swallowfield Park
THE GARDEN GATE AND WALLS APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES NORTH WEST OF THE STABLE BLOCK TO SWALLOWFIELD PARK, CHURCH ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1118063
- Date first listed:
- 01-Aug-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Garden Gate and Walls Approximately 75 Metres North West of the Stable Block to Swallowfield Park
- Statutory Address:
- THE GARDEN GATE AND WALLS APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES NORTH WEST OF THE STABLE BLOCK TO SWALLOWFIELD PARK, CHURCH ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-08-11
- Reference:
- IOE01/01168/16
- Rights:
- © Brian Steptoe. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1118063
- Date first listed:
- 01-Aug-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 14-Feb-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Garden Gate and Walls Approximately 75 Metres North West of the Stable Block to Swallowfield Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE GARDEN GATE AND WALLS APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES NORTH WEST OF THE STABLE BLOCK TO SWALLOWFIELD PARK, CHURCH 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:
- THE GARDEN GATE AND WALLS APPROXIMATELY 75 METRES NORTH WEST OF THE STABLE BLOCK TO SWALLOWFIELD PARK, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Swallowfield
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 72941 65563
Details
SWALLOWFIELD CHURCH ROAD SU 76 NW (north-east side) The garden gate and walls approx- 8/38 imately 75 metres north-west of the stable block to Swallowfield 1.8.52 Park (formerly listed as Swallow- field Park and gateway from garden onto path leading to courtyard) G.V. II Doorway now garden gate and adjoining walls enclosing the kitchen garden. Late C17 gate by Talman stone. Architrave flanked by pilasters with garlands, broken segmental pediment with swags and drapes on carved brackets. The walls are C18 and early C19, brick, approximately 4 metres high with weathered top. The return section on the north-east has a plinth and rises to an elliptical curved top with dentil course, and has 3 square recesses panelled at high level ; and with segmental brick arches at low level. The garden gate was formerly a doorway in Swallowfield Park House. V.C.H. Vol.III p.267 B.0.E. (Berkshire) p.238.
Listing NGR: SU7294165563
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 41593
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1966)
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1923), 267
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 3 Berkshire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 20-Jun-2026 at 21:51:16.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.