Description

SE 2293-2393 HORNBY HORNBY

9/43 Garden Walls

GV II

Walls to former kitchen gardens. Probably late C18 - early C19. For the
Duke of Leeds of Hornby Castle (qv). Orange-red bricks in English garden
wall bond, coursed rubble and ashlar. Rectangular plan inner garden within
larger irregularly-shaped walled area. Inner garden: brick on both sides of
wall. North and south walls in alternating recessed and projecting bays,
the projecting bays formerly heated. Blocked round-arched doorway in west
side, wall broken through on west side. East and west walls ramped up
towards north side. Stone slab coping. Lean-to bothy behind north wall.
Outer wall: rubble on outer sides of walls, with quoins on outer angles.
Stepped pilaster buttresses both inside and out with ashlar rolled coping to
offsets, and pyramidal caps. Stone slab coping, ramped up to north and
west, with pyramidal caps on steps. In south-east corner, board door in
ashlar chamfered 4-centred arched doorway with hoodmould. In north-east
corner, ashlar chamfered segmental-arched carriageway with leaved board
doors.

Listing NGR: SE2216993819

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26424410

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)