Garden Walls and Summer House at Admiralty Compass Observatory at Ditton Park

GARDEN WALLS AND SUMMER HOUSE AT ADMIRALTY COMPASS OBSERVATORY AT DITTON PARK, DITTON PARK ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1319355
Date first listed:
26-Apr-1984
Statutory Address:
GARDEN WALLS AND SUMMER HOUSE AT ADMIRALTY COMPASS OBSERVATORY AT DITTON PARK, DITTON PARK ROAD

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Date:
2006-06-07
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1319355
Date first listed:
26-Apr-1984
Statutory Address 1:
GARDEN WALLS AND SUMMER HOUSE AT ADMIRALTY COMPASS OBSERVATORY AT DITTON PARK, DITTON PARK ROAD

Location

Statutory Address:
GARDEN WALLS AND SUMMER HOUSE AT ADMIRALTY COMPASS OBSERVATORY AT DITTON PARK, DITTON PARK ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Datchet
National Grid Reference:
TQ 00090 77845

Details

1. 5130 DATCHET DITTON PARK ROAD (west side)

Gardens Walls and Summer House at Admiralty Compass Observatory at Ditton Park. TQ 0077 7/3

II GV

2. In garden to east and south of the house are some C18 brick walls with a summer house in rusticated brick, formerly rendered, three arches with keyblocks, impost bands and parapets. VCH 111 p.304.

Listing NGR: TQ0009077845

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40657
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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 3 Berkshire,

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