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The Italian Garden Including Walls and Features

A Grade II Listed Building in Haggerston, Northumberland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6868 / 55°41'12"N

Longitude: -1.9381 / 1°56'17"W

OS Eastings: 403989

OS Northings: 643706

OS Grid: NU039437

Mapcode National: GBR G2XP.68

Mapcode Global: WH9YZ.6BC8

Plus Code: 9C7WM3P6+PQ

Entry Name: The Italian Garden Including Walls and Features

Listing Date: 11 February 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1042244

English Heritage Legacy ID: 237889

ID on this website: 101042244

Location: Haggerston, Northumberland, TD15

County: Northumberland

Civil Parish: Ancroft

Built-Up Area: Haggerston

Traditional County: Northumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland

Church of England Parish: Ancroft St Anne

Church of England Diocese: Newcastle

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Description


ANCROFT HAGGERSTON
NU 04 SW
10/36 The Italian Garden
including walls
and features

GV II

House and walled garden. Early C20 for Thomas Leyland. Garden wall roughly-dressed
stone lined in English Garden Wall Bond. Brick west wall lined in snecked
stone. House and arbour. ashlar with Lakeland slate roof. Wrought-iron gates.

Large square garden with tall Rococo style double gates in south-east corner.
Small panelled doorway in north-east corner is flanked by 4 wood panels of
naturalistic open-work carving. Arbour against centre of east wall with 4
Roman Doric columns.

House set against north wall. Single storey, 3 bays with moulded plinth
and rusticated quoins. Pedimented centre bay, originally an open temple
front, has two Roman Doric columns in antis; triglyph frieze. Flanking round-
headed windows with radiating glazing bars. Hipped roof. Keyed Venetian
windows on returns.

Garden west wall has large segmental apse with 6 round-headed niches
separated by broad flat pilasters.

Little Lakeland slate roof over.

Interior of house has 2 naturalistic plaster ceilings with vines growing
through trellises. Also contemporary doors and wood panelling.


Listing NGR: NU0398943706

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