Walls, Steps and Statue to the Sunken Garden South East of Nizels House is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. Formal garden.
Walls, Steps and Statue to the Sunken Garden South East of Nizels House
- WRENN ID
- hidden-foundation-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- Formal garden
- Address
- Walls, Steps and Statue to the Sunken Garden South East of Nizels House, Nizels Lane, Hildenborough
- OS grid reference
- TQ 544 502
- Coordinates
- 51.2305, 0.21057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walls, steps, and a statue are located in the formal sunken garden southeast of Nizels House. This structure dates from the early 20th century and is likely associated with the addition of the drawing room at the south end of the house. The walls are made of rock-faced snecked sandstone, and there is a bronze statue on a stone plinth.
The garden has an approximately rectangular plan, with the southern wall bowing out. A flight of steps in the center at the north end leads down into the garden, which is planted with roses. Pergola archways provide access out of the garden at the southwest and southeast ends, with the statue positioned in the center.
The retaining walls are coped with square section piers at intervals, each topped with a finial shaped like a bowl of fruit. The statue in the center, set on a Portland stone plinth, represents Bacchus. This garden is one of three formal gardens surrounding Nizels House and is significant to the building's setting.
Local climate
Walls, Steps and Statue to the Sunken Garden South East of Nizels House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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