Doric Screen Garden Walls Terrace And Parterre Curb North Of Bishton Hall

The Doric screen, garden walls, terrace, and parterre curb north of Bishton Hall date from around the 1840s and were designed by an unknown architect. Constructed from pink sandstone ashlar, the structure features a screen on the north side with a central summerhouse designed as a Greek Doric hexastyle apteral temple, flanked by porticos that are distyle in antis. In front of the screen, there is a terrace adorned with vases and steps leading down to a formal garden, which is enclosed by low boundary walls. At the center of the garden is an elaborately shaped parterre, which has been converted into a fish pond and is surrounded by large moulded curb stones. The summerhouse is intricately detailed, with a semi-circular interior lined with ashlar, pilastered walls, niches, and a stone bench. It is worth noting that the screen may have been constructed to shield the gardens from the nearby Trent Valley Railway Line, built between 1845 and 1847.