Surround to Fish Pond With Islands Approximately 300 Metres South of House
SURROUND TO FISH POND WITH ISLANDS APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES SOUTH OF HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1150029
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Surround to Fish Pond With Islands Approximately 300 Metres South of House
- Statutory Address:
- SURROUND TO FISH POND WITH ISLANDS APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES SOUTH OF HOUSE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1150029
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Surround to Fish Pond With Islands Approximately 300 Metres South of House
- Statutory Address 1:
- SURROUND TO FISH POND WITH ISLANDS APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES SOUTH OF HOUSE
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:
- SURROUND TO FISH POND WITH ISLANDS APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES SOUTH OF HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Rainton with Newby
- National Grid Reference:
- SE3887175937
Details
SE 37 NE
3/71
RAINTON WITH NEWBY
BALDERSBY PARK
Surround to fish pond with islands approximately 300 metres south of house
II
Surround to fish ponds, and islands. Early C18. Cobble and sandstone.
Fish pond surround approximately 250 metres long and 20 metres wide,
lined with coursed cobbles. Remains of 2 D-shaped islands in centre,
with narrow channel between and wall faces of coursed dressed sandstone,
heavily overgrown. The estate originally called Newby Park. These
structures may be the canal and the foundations of a bridge built
1704-1710 by Sir William Robinson while he was preparing to build his
new house (Boynton, p 97). The Estate formerly known as Newby Park.
L. Boynton, 'Newby Park, The First Palladian Villa in England',
pp 97-105 in H Colvin and J Harris (eds), The Country Seat, London,
1970.
Listing NGR: SE3887175937
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 330447
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
The Country Seat Studies in the History of the British Country House in The Country Seat Studies in the History of the British Country House, (1970), 97-105
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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