Walled garden c.220 metres west-north-west of Belmont House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 2012. Walled garden. 1 related planning application.
Walled garden c.220 metres west-north-west of Belmont House
- WRENN ID
- vast-mantel-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 2012
- Type
- Walled garden
- Address
- Walled garden c.220 metres west-north-west of Belmont House, HR2 8HT
- OS grid reference
- SO 474 388
- Coordinates
- 52.04513, -2.76806
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a walled garden dating from around 1788-90, located approximately 220 metres west-north-west of Belmont House. It is a large, rectangular enclosure originally comprising two separate areas. The overall dimensions are 98 metres east-west by 53 metres north-south, with the smaller, western compartment measuring 25 metres wide. The dividing wall, formerly located west of centre, has been partially demolished to allow views between the two areas. The walls are constructed of red brick in a random bond pattern. Flat coping stones top all the walls.
The smaller, western enclosure has a lower wall constructed of stone rubble, rising between 1.5 and 2 metres, on the north, south and west sides. This rubble wall is topped by brickwork, extending up to approximately 5 metres in height.
The eastern enclosure features pilaster buttresses on the outer face of all its walls. A two-storey building stands centrally on the south face of the north wall. This structure originally had openings with cambered heads, likely tall windows for a glass house intended to protect plants like orange trees in tubs. These openings have been partially filled with brickwork to create a central doorway flanked by three-light casement windows. A blocked circular opening, possibly a former pitching eye, is positioned at first-floor level, with two-light casements on either side. To the right of this is the remains of a former lean-to glass house featuring a heated north wall and a south-facing aspect. The vault of the boiler house is visible in the centre of the lower, rear wall, and the low front wall remains in situ, featuring a series of segmental openings. No timber superstructure survives from this structure. A glazed lean-to structure, supported by brackets, extends along the top of the wall to protect soft fruit from rain and hail.
A single doorway is centred on the eastern wall, with three doorways on the south wall and one on the northern wall – all with cambered heads. Modern drive gates interrupting the north wall at its west end lead to a nearby house. A later-20th-century house is situated in the centre of the eastern garden and is not included within this assessment. The north-south dividing wall has been removed at its centre, with concrete balustrades and a flight of stairs inserted to provide views from the adjoining house over both garden areas. Mid-20th century lean-to machinery stores were added to the outer (northern) side of the north wall.
Local climate
Walled garden c.220 metres west-north-west of Belmont House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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