Gardeners Cottage, Greenhouses And Garden Wall At Prudhoe Hall

NZ 16 SW 340/19/10009

PRUDHOE PRUDHOE HOSPITAL (South West side) Gardener's cottage, greenhouses and garden wall at Prudhoe Hall

GV II

Gardener's cottage, glasshouses, potting sheds and garden walls. c1867 and c1898, for the Liddell family of Prudhoe Hall. Brick and coursed squared stone, with ashlar dressings. Garden walls, brick with gabled ashlar copings, enclose a rectangular plot approx. 200m x 100m, with canted corners to south west and south east. The buildings form a single range on the north side, with cottage and potting sheds facing north, and the remainder facing south. Cottage has slate roof and coped gable stacks. 2 storeys; 3 window range. Central 4-panel door with overlight, flanked by plain sashes. Above, 3 similar sashes. All these openings have heavy ashlar lintels. Potting sheds, on each side of the cottage, have irregular openings. East of the cottage, a canted conservatory flanked by integral vine houses, by Richardson of Darlington. Wooden structure, with hipped roof and top light glazing to the conservatory, and ridge ventilators. Interior has remains of cast iron staging. Beyond, to east, a smaller lean-to greenhouse. Garden walls have gateways to south and east, under stepped gables. Those potting sheds to the north west, rebuilt late C20, are not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ1043061785