Water Channel And Three Bridges In Melbourne Hall Gardens is a Grade II* listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Water channel and bridges.

Water Channel And Three Bridges In Melbourne Hall Gardens

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1987
Type
Water channel and bridges
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE CHURCH CLOSE 6/89 (East Side) Water Channel and Three Bridges in Melbourne Hall Gardens GV II* Water channel and three bridges. Early C18 with later repairs. Erected as part of a French style garden designed by Royal Gardeners to Queen Anne, London and Wise, for Thomas Coke of Melbourne Hall with work carried out by Sorocold. Stone, rubble and ashlar. Long channel running from the pool under the Old Mill to the Grand Basin with three bridges over. Channel has stone rubble sides and the bridges all have low single segmental arches. Originally none of them had parapets but that nearest the mill has had low stone parapets added. Included in the Derbyshire Historic Gardens Register at Grade I. Flee item 6/63 for sources.

Listing NGR: SK3912624926

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