Walled garden, approximately 17m east of Manor House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 2022. Walled garden.

Walled garden, approximately 17m east of Manor House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
distant-vault-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Country
England
Date first listed
8 March 2022
Type
Walled garden
Source
Historic England listing

Description

A walled garden, likely dating to the early-to-mid C19.

MATERIALS: the walls are built from roughly dressed, randomly coursed limestone topped with moulded terracotta coping. The gate piers are constructed from ashlar, with a timber and iron gate. Pathways are formed from brick and sandstone slabs.

PLAN: the garden is roughly rectangular, orientated on an east-west axis.

DESCRIPTION: the principal entrance to the garden is set within the west wall, roughly in line with the entrance gate to the farmhouse on the opposite side of the road. Like the gate to the farmhouse, the garden gate features panelling to the lower half and railings with arched bracing above, likely replacements of earlier gates of a similar style. Four, coursed ashlar piers, with central recessed panels and moulded, pyramidal capping blocks, flank the gateway and north-west and south-west corners of the garden. The west wall is topped with large flat rectangular York stone copings decorated with a broached finish.

The walls to the north, east and south side are topped with decorative saddle profiled coping bricks laid in soldier course. The north and south walls are approximately 2.75m in height and ramped at their western ends, dropping to approximately 1.65m to meet the height of the west wall. The south wall contains a gateway to the neighbouring property, River View, featuring a round brick arch and wrought iron gate. The east wall is arced, being approximately 1.65m at its centre and ramped at both ends to meet the height of the adjoining walls. The north-east and south-east corners feature ashlar quoins.

The ground level inside the walled garden is approximately 1m higher than the surrounding land outside the wall. It features a partially submerged, axial path laid in herringboned brick and sandstone flags.

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