Walled Garden And Font, Millearne

Earlier 19th century. Outstanding survival of exceptional terraced garden formerly fronting Millearne House, small walled garden also terraced, large brick walled garden and font. All Gothic-detailed with fine carvings, piers and gateways.

FORMAL TERRACED GARDEN: sited to E of small walled garden and to W of New Millearne House. N wall with 1828 datestone, armorial panel and base of monumental polygonal 'turret' (possibly part of original house) overlooks site of former Millearne House (now lawn) and coped ashlar terrace wall with elegant carved piers crowned with lion and hunting dog flanking flight of steps. Tudor Gothic gatepiers and timber gates to E. Battlemented walls to E and W.

SMALL WALLED GARDEN: sited between formal terraced garden and large walled garden. High snecked rubble N wall with potting sheds to N elevation and Gothic recesses to S elevation, Gothic gateway in link to large walled garden at W, curved approach wall and lower wall at E. Top terrace with large rectangular-plan pond, terrace wall with centre steps and carved piers at each level, wall punctuated with urns and carved piers with armorial panels.

LARGE WALLED GARDEN: sited to W of small walled garden. Rectangular-plan walled garden dated 1840; high ashlar-coped brick in English garden bond with stone quoins. Ashlar Tudor gateway at centre S carved with pair of shields bearing coats of arms of John George Home Drummond of Millearne and Mary Bothwell Drummond, his wife.

FONT: sited to S of large walled garden Tudor gateway. Probably 1840, possibly designed as sundial. Carved tracery panels to octagonal plinth supporting richly sculptured bowl with alternating Home Drummond coats of arms and stylised foliage.