Garden Walls and Garden House
GARDEN WALLS AND GARDEN HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1341472
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Garden Walls and Garden House
- Statutory Address:
- GARDEN WALLS AND GARDEN HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1341472
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Garden Walls and Garden House
- Statutory Address 1:
- GARDEN WALLS AND GARDEN 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:
- GARDEN WALLS AND GARDEN HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Watton-at-Stone
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 32106 19021
Details
WATTON-AT-STONE WOODHALL PARK TL 31 NW 4/112 - Garden Walls and Garden House - II
Garden walls part in Sacombe Civil Parish (q.v.), see Garden Walls and Beehive Cottage, Woodhall Park. Kitchen garden wall with attached gardener's cottages for Woodhall Park Estate. Walls laid out c.1780 by Wm. Malcolm, Royal Nurseryman, for Sir T. Rumbold. Plum stock brick, Flemish bond, with stone dressings, iron gates. A large rectangle about 200m x 125m with internal walls dividing it into 4 separate areas, 2 to NE smaller. About 4m to 6m high with plain brick coping. Corner piers. Walls ramped down to openings on all sides with stone blocked and capped piers, ball finials to N. Wrought iron gates to W dated 1910 with arms of Smith family. A small subsidiary opening with a gauged brick segmental head to SE. Internal walls have openings with stone capped piers. Garden House is an early C19 and C20 former gardener's cottage built into N end of NW elevation. Red brick. Slate roof. 3 bays. 2 storeys, basement and attic. Central bay projects slightly with C20 double flight of steps. Central 6 panelled door and semi-circular fanlight in round headed gauged brick reveal, flanking recessed glazing bar sashes with gauged brick flat arched heads. 2 light segmental headed casements in outer bays in basement. First floor 3:3 pane sashes. Cornice to pediment with an oval opening. 1 bay returns have ground floor 12 pane, first floor 6 pane sashes. Cross axial ridge stack. 1 bay added to rear in C20. This walled garden was singled out as being of special interest by J.C. Loudon and it was here that J. Paxton learned his trade as an apprentice stove house grower.
Listing NGR: TL3210619021
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 356326
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 21 Hertfordshire,
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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