Walled Garden and Gazebo West of Shilston Barton, Modbury
Description: Walled Garden and Gazebo West of Shilston Barton
Grade: II
Date Listed: 25 January 1990
English Heritage Building ID: 99753
OS Grid Reference: SX6735253668
OS Grid Coordinates: 267352, 53668
Latitude/Longitude: 50.3679, -3.8665
Location: Modbury, Devon PL21 0TW
Locality: Modbury
Local Authority: South Hams
County: Devon
Country: England
Postcode: PL21 0TW
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Listing Text
MODBLIRY SHILSTON
SX 65 SE
2/158
Walled garden and gazebo
west of Shilston Barton
GV II
Walled garden with gazebo. Early C19. Rubble, slate roof to gazebo. A roughly
rectangular enclosure about 45 metres wide and 30 metres deep, set across the
ground slope, with gazebo incorporated in the north-east corner. Walls of vary-
ing heights, up to about 2.5 metres, and in parts overgrown (1987). The north
wall has, internally, 4 large raking buttresses, and at this higher end is a
raised path giving access to the 2-storey gazebo on 10 steps to open ground
floor with openings to south and west. At first floor is a 12-pane fixed light
to south, and a blocked opening plus door, west, at head of steps by north
wall. Front wall has crenellations, roof slopes back to north edge. Arched
opening in east boundary wall, the south boundary wall is in two sections, not
in straight line.
Listing NGR: SX6735253668
Source: English Heritage
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