Walled Garden 200 Metres North West Of Howick Hall

NU 2417 LONGHOUGHTON HOWICK HALL

16/122 Walled garden 200 metres north- west of Howick Hall GV II

Walled garden, probably later C18. South, east and inner face of west walls brick with alternate pairs headers and stretchers every 3rd course; inner face north wall brick in English Garden Wall Bond 1 and 4; ha-ha wall and outer face of north and west walls squared stone; tooled stone coping; ashlar dressings to doors on south and east. Plan: trapezoidal walled garden with lawn terrace on south enclosed by ha-ha wall.

South garden wall 3 metres high and 23 bays long, with square pilasters on both faces and flat coping; central bay has flush-panelled door in architrave. Slightly-higher 13-bay east wall has similar features and a segmental-headed arch near north end; west wall has internal pilasters only and a central segmental arch with boarded double doors. North wall has brick-blocked heating ducts in external face, 3 pairs of old chimney pots on coping, and inserted central gateway.

Ha-ha, being restored at time of survey, 1 metre high with low-pitched coping.

Listing NGR: NU2469717701