Survey Data
Reg No
41401622
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Hilton House
Original Use
Walled garden
In Use As
Walled garden
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
248773, 320560
Date Recorded
30/05/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Pair of adjoining rectangular-plan walled gardens, built c.1870. Red brick walls laid in English garden wall bond, with dressed stone coping. Square-headed door openings with brick relieving arches over and double-leaf timber battened doors. Timber-framed glasshouse to interior of north elevation. Lean-to glazed roof, red brick plinth wall with render copings, square-headed window and door openings with glazed timber fittings.
Appraisal
This extensive walled garden forms a group with the outbuildings and stable yard, making it an important component part of the demesne landscape. Used to provide food for the country house, it remains in use, now growing produce for sale as well as private consumption. It is of technical interest, as the use of red brick was an innovation which provided a warm and sheltered micro-climate, reflective of light and heat, within which vegetables could proper.