Walls Surrounding Kitchen Garden, With Summer House at Ashfold School

WALLS SURROUNDING KITCHEN GARDEN, WITH SUMMER HOUSE AT ASHFOLD SCHOOL

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1332807
Date first listed:
26-Feb-1985
List Entry Name:
Walls Surrounding Kitchen Garden, With Summer House at Ashfold School
Statutory Address:
WALLS SURROUNDING KITCHEN GARDEN, WITH SUMMER HOUSE AT ASHFOLD SCHOOL

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1332807
Date first listed:
26-Feb-1985
List Entry Name:
Walls Surrounding Kitchen Garden, With Summer House at Ashfold School
Statutory Address 1:
WALLS SURROUNDING KITCHEN GARDEN, WITH SUMMER HOUSE AT ASHFOLD SCHOOL

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
WALLS SURROUNDING KITCHEN GARDEN, WITH SUMMER HOUSE AT ASHFOLD SCHOOL

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

District:
Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Dorton
National Grid Reference:
SP 67926 14047

Details

SP 61 SE DORTON

6/72 Wall surrounding kitchen garden, with summer house at Ashfold School -

GV II

Garden wall with summer house attached to S. Wall is C17-early C18, altered. S. side, facing house is of coursed rubble stone with moulded depressed archway to centre. Some C17 thin brick at S.W. corner of wall. Remainder is of thicker red brick in English bond, with off-set brick and stone plinth and some pilasters. Altered doorways. Summer house on S. side of S. wall near E. end is constructed from C17 materials but is of uncertain date. N. and E. sides are of rubble stone with ashlar quoins and single moulded stone openings. S. and W. sides each have chamfered segmental stone arch on semi-octagonal responds and octagonal corner pier. Moulded stone string above, rendered brick pediment to S. Another summer house, at W. end of S. wall, is C20 with flat roof on rubble stone piers, and is not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SP6792614047

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
42453
Legacy System:
LBS

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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