Rockery To Centre Of Chelsea Physic Garden, In North Eastern Segment is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Rockery.

Rockery To Centre Of Chelsea Physic Garden, In North Eastern Segment

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Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Kensington and Chelsea
Country: England
Date first listed: 8 August 1985
Type: Rockery
Source: Historic England listing

Description

fTQ 2777 NE ROYAL HOSPITAL ROAD SW3

63/50 Rockery to centre of Chelsea Physic garden, in north eastern segment. GV II

Rockery. Made with volcanic stone from Mount Hecla in Iceland, brought back by Joseph Banks in 1772, and supplemented with rubble from the Tower of London. Roughly circular, 15 metres across,1.5 metres high. Later pool at the toil, small, oval. Probably the first rockery consciously built as a rock garden for plants in Europe.

Listing NGR: TQ2769477798

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