Walled Garden to North of Herstmonceux Castle
WALLED GARDEN TO NORTH OF HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1243641
- Date first listed:
- 26-Sept-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Walled Garden to North of Herstmonceux Castle
- Statutory Address:
- WALLED GARDEN TO NORTH OF HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1243641
- Date first listed:
- 26-Sept-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Walled Garden to North of Herstmonceux Castle
- Statutory Address 1:
- WALLED GARDEN TO NORTH OF HERSTMONCEUX 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:
- WALLED GARDEN TO NORTH OF HERSTMONCEUX CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- East Sussex
- District:
- Wealden (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Herstmonceux
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 64662 10551
Details
HERSTMONCEUX HERSTMONCEUX PARK TQ 61 SW
13/660 Walled garden to north of Herstmonceux Castle
GV II
Garden walls. Probably mid C16 and later altered. Red brick mostly in English bond, with some C20 patching; ashlar. Rectangular garden enclosed by walls approx. 3 metres high, ramping up to 4 metres high at north end where garden is raised. Some sections of wall show different phases of building, the east wall having central lower section of header-bond brickwork with English-bond brickwork above. Quadrant- sectioned coping with top course of headers and ball finials at points where wall ramps. Near south end of west and east walls each has a square-sectioned pier, the east wall ramping down, with stone coping, to die into castle, the west wall stepping down. Both these walls have 2 round-arched doorways (south-eastern doorway elliptically-arched), Raised garden south retaining wall is approx. 2 metres high with saddle-back stone coping and central flight of C20 stone steps with stone piers and console-bracketed balustrade. North wall has offset brick buttressess along north side, and central C20 bowed alcove with ashlar colonnade at front and French windows in bow.
A survey of 1570 records a walled arbour and orchard to the north of the castle (D. Calvert, The History of Herstmonceux Castle, p12).
Listing NGR: TQ6466210551
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 447756
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Calvert, D, The History of Herstmonceux Castle, (), 12
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 14 East Sussex,
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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