Walled Gardens to East of Barrington Court with Gateways is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Walled gardens.

Walled Gardens to East of Barrington Court with Gateways

WRENN ID
haunted-hall-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Type
Walled gardens
OS grid reference
ST 397 182
Coordinates
50.96039, -2.85992
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walled gardens to the east of Barrington Court, built around 1921-1925 and incorporating earlier work for A.A. Lyle, are partly designed by Gertrude Jekyll. They are constructed from brick, rubble, and freestone, and are enclosed by a high brick wall with a rubble coping. To the north, the gardens are bordered by 'Bustalls', which are a double-pile range of former single-storeyed cattle shelters made of brick and rubble, featuring hipped tile roofs and eleven segmental-arched openings with wooden gates, likely from the 19th century. To the east, there is a single-storeyed 17th-century outbuilding with a hipped tile roof and oval openings surrounded by freestone with leaded lights facing the garden. The garden itself is divided into three areas by rubble walling. In the west wall, there is a reused moulded oak door surround with a four-centred arch head and carved spandrels, along with a panelled door. One part of the garden features a central pool. There are two ornamental iron gateways, and a further section of walling extends to the south, which includes a very large gateway with a pair of panelled ashlar piers topped with obelisk finials, wrought-iron gates, and intricate cresting.

Local climate

Walled Gardens to East of Barrington Court with Gateways receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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