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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