The Italian Garden Including Walls And Features is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1988. House, garden.
The Italian Garden Including Walls And Features
- WRENN ID
- quiet-timber-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1988
- Type
- House, garden
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ANCROFT HAGGERSTON NU 04 SW 10/36 The Italian Garden including walls and features
GV II
House and walled garden. Early C20 for Thomas Leyland. Garden wall roughly-dressed stone lined in English Garden Wall Bond. Brick west wall lined in snecked stone. House and arbour. ashlar with Lakeland slate roof. Wrought-iron gates.
Large square garden with tall Rococo style double gates in south-east corner. Small panelled doorway in north-east corner is flanked by 4 wood panels of naturalistic open-work carving. Arbour against centre of east wall with 4 Roman Doric columns.
House set against north wall. Single storey, 3 bays with moulded plinth and rusticated quoins. Pedimented centre bay, originally an open temple front, has two Roman Doric columns in antis; triglyph frieze. Flanking round- headed windows with radiating glazing bars. Hipped roof. Keyed Venetian windows on returns.
Garden west wall has large segmental apse with 6 round-headed niches separated by broad flat pilasters.
Little Lakeland slate roof over.
Interior of house has 2 naturalistic plaster ceilings with vines growing through trellises. Also contemporary doors and wood panelling.
Listing NGR: NU0398943706
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