Woolverstone Hall Walled Garden and Associated Structures
WOOLVERSTONE HALL WALLED GARDEN AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391781
- Date first listed:
- 13-Sept-2006
- List Entry Name:
- Woolverstone Hall Walled Garden and Associated Structures
- Statutory Address:
- WOOLVERSTONE HALL WALLED GARDEN AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1391781
- Date first listed:
- 13-Sept-2006
- List Entry Name:
- Woolverstone Hall Walled Garden and Associated Structures
- Statutory Address 1:
- WOOLVERSTONE HALL WALLED GARDEN AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES
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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:
- WOOLVERSTONE HALL WALLED GARDEN AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Babergh (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Woolverstone
- National Grid Reference:
- TM1884038542
Details
1339/0/10003
13-SEP-06
WOOLVERSTONE
Woolverstone Hall walled garden and associated structures
GV
II
Walled kitchen garden, of late C18 with early C19 alterations , enclosing early to mid C19 and later C20 structures. Built with soft, orange/red bricks, laid in English bond, dentilled top course and gabled coping. Rectangular in plan, comprising a central garden surrounded by a part-buttressed wall on all sides and two smaller slip gardens to South and East. Open area to west containing large C20 glass houses. C20 concrete render apparent on the wall between the central and East slip gardens. The East wall has later C19 modifications to accommodate the Dairy Farm.
2 doorways with shallow segmented brick heads in centre of long sides, third battened door in the North wall leads to the former Head Gardeners cottage. Late C18 or early C19 wrought iron gateway, leading into the estate parkland, in centre of North wall comprises single large gate with side panels and an overthrow, decorated with scroll-work.
HISTORY.
Woolverstone Hall was built in 1776 by John Johnson for William Berners and is listed grade I. The walled garden lies to the South-West of the Hall, access from the parkland being through the wrought iron gateway.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE.
The walled garden at Woolverstone Hall is a good example of a late C18 kitchen garden contemporary with a grade 1 listed hall and set within the landscape context of the estate. The wall remains substantially intact and the gated entrance to the estate, doorways into the garden and internal sub-division are surviving significant features. The walled garden at Woolverstone has group value with the Hall and is considered to have special interest as an individual structure to merit listing in grade II.
Listing NGR:TM 1884038542
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 495873
- 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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