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Kitchen Garden of Somerleyton Hall

A Grade II* Listed Building in Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5226 / 52°31'21"N

Longitude: 1.6726 / 1°40'21"E

OS Eastings: 649239

OS Northings: 297979

OS Grid: TM492979

Mapcode National: GBR YSB.X9B

Mapcode Global: VHM66.YV3J

Plus Code: 9F43GMFF+32

Entry Name: Kitchen Garden of Somerleyton Hall

Listing Date: 29 January 1987

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1031936

English Heritage Legacy ID: 282415

ID on this website: 101031936

Location: East Suffolk, NR32

County: Suffolk

District: East Suffolk

Civil Parish: Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Somerleyton St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Norwich

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Description


SOMERLEYTON SOMERLEYTON PARK TM 49 NE 4/64 Kitchen Garden of Somerleyton Hall GV II* Walled kitchen garden. Circa 1846 for Sir Morton Peto. The glass cases and ridge and furrow glasshouses are probably by Sir Joseph Paxton. A rectangle of red brick walls 90m x 60m and 3.5-4m high. The south wall has a fine central entrance portico in red brick with stone dressings: 4 pilasters support a cornice capped by 2 stone urns, each containing a bronze aloe plant. Entrance with wrought iron gates and a carved segmental panel above; to each side of the entrance is a niche containing an urn. Against the south side of the south wall are 2 fine identical ranges of glass cases, with entrances at each end set forward. The cases have cast iron frames with vertically-glazed wooden panels; cornice with cresting and cone finials. Against the south side of the north wall are 2 matching ranges of lean-to glasshouses with ridge and furrow roofs. The main frame of these is also of cast iron. Potting and store sheds behind. The only other similar glass cases in the country by Paxton are at Chatsworth. In the 1861 estate sale catalogue the cases were described as 'Glass Wall Houses or Promenade Houses'. Forms part of a garden included in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at Grade II*.

Listing NGR: TM4923997979

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