Camellia House and Garden Walls, at Wardour Castle
CAMELLIA HOUSE AND GARDEN WALLS, AT WARDOUR CASTLE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1146006
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jan-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Camellia House and Garden Walls, at Wardour Castle
- Statutory Address:
- CAMELLIA HOUSE AND GARDEN WALLS, AT WARDOUR CASTLE
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- Reference:
- IOE01/08264/11
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- © Mrs Margaret U. Kingsland. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1146006
- Date first listed:
- 06-Jan-1966
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 06-Jul-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Camellia House and Garden Walls, at Wardour Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- CAMELLIA HOUSE AND GARDEN WALLS, AT WARDOUR CASTLE
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:
- CAMELLIA HOUSE AND GARDEN WALLS, AT WARDOUR CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Tisbury
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 92910 27138
Details
TISBURY WARDOUR PARK
ST 92 NW (north side)
4/275 Camellia House and garden walls,
at Wardour Castle (formerly listed
at Kitchen Garden Walls and
6.1.66 Orangery)
GV II*
Camellia house with walls enclosing a large rectangular garden to
south and smaller semi-circular garden to north. 1769 by Richard
Woods for Eighth Lord Arundell. Limestone ashlar Camellia House
has glazed roof, 5-bay front has central steel French windows with
fanlight and two similar steel windows with fanlights either side,
impost band, modillioned cornice to parapet and pediment over
centre three bays. Brick stack attached to right return, brick
walls to rear. Contains six mature camellias, reputed to be among
the earliest specimens introduced to England from the East.
Camellia House built to centre of wall between two enclosures;
north garden has rat-trap bond brick walls with heating flues to
either side and to north of Camellia House, rest of this garden
enclosed by Flemish, English or stretcher bond brick walls, about 4
metres high and with round-arched stone gateways with keystones and
imposts. South garden enclosed by Flemish bond brick walls, about
2.5 metres high. Although the camellias survive, the rest of the
gardens now subject to new uses; mid C20 house built in north-east
corner of north enclosure and swimming pool in west half of south
enclosure.
(Unpublished research by Mrs. F. Cowell on Woods, to be published
in the Journal of the Garden History Society)
Listing NGR: ST9291027067
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 321065
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Garden History in Garden History, ()
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 46 Wiltshire,
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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