Kitchen garden walls and attached bothies north-east of St Osyth's Priory

The mid- to late-C18 walls and later bothies of the kitchen garden located approximately 100m to the north-east of the Priory.

MATERIALS. Soft red brick laid in Flemish bond.

PLAN. An irregular rectangular shape, aligned east-west, with a slightly curving south wall and convex west wall.

EXTERIOR. Regularly spaced brick piers are constructed around the perimeter. The main entrance is centrally placed in the north wall, comprising two brick piers with flat capping and dentils and a two-leaf timber door with applied latticework. A secondary, pedestrian entrance is at the south-west corner. A brick shed is attached to the north-east corner.

INTERIOR. It is divided into two by a central walk and contains a perimeter gravel path edged by box borders. The ground is partly laid to grass and partly cultivated for vegetables. Attached to the south wall is a low brick bothy with a slated, pent roof, numerous door and window openings and a brick chimney.

The Gardener’s Cottage and associated outbuilding, the back walls of which are incorporated into the east wall of the garden, are excluded from the listing. The bothy attached to the west wall of the garden is excluded. The C20 glasshouse attached to the inside face of the north wall, and the bases of early C20 glasshouses within the garden, are also excluded from the listing.