Walled Garden And Attached Sheds Approximately Seventy Five Metres North East Of Egton Manor House

EGTON EGTON BRIDGE NZ8005-8105 16/10 Walled garden and attached sheds approx- imately seventy-five metres north-east of Egton Manor House GV II Garden walls and shed. Probably C18 with C19 alteration. Herringbone- tooled sandstone, south and east walls banded internally in orange-red brick in English garden wall bond. Sandstone ashlar dressings. Shed roofed in pantiles. Walls of varying heights, ramped up in places following sloping ground. Flat coping. Gateway in south wall has square-section chamfered piers with keyed round arch on moulded imposts. Moulded cornice beneath entablature supporting heraldic beasts. In east wall, keyed segment-arched niche with seat, and keyed round-arched gateway. Similar gateway in north wall. Sheds in south side: 1-storey, 5-bay range. Paired board doors in centre, and paired flat arches beneath chamfered timber lintel at far right end. Remaining openings are 16-pane sashes. Doors and windows have tooled lintels. Corbelled eaves; coped gables and central stack. Left return: louvred owlhole in chamfered surround in gable end. Walled garden possibly survives from earlier house occupied by the Elwes family until 1869.

Listing NGR: NZ8053505250