Description

TM 17 NW
1/13

BROME
RECTORY ROAD
Kitchen garden walls immediately north east of Oaksmere (including adjoining vehicular entrance)

II
GV

Kitchen garden walls with adjoining vehicular entrance. Later C18 and mid
C19. Red brick. To the south is a 40m long section of crenellated walling
about 2.5m high, the upper half with recessed geometric panels. Tall square
piers with stepped tapering brick caps. At the west end is a 4-centre arched
stone gateway with stepped parapet, dated 1861. Plank door with studded cover
battens. An adjoining section of the wall at right angles, on the road
frontage, has a vehicular entrance; gates missing. On the west side of the
kitchen garden is plain walling of earlier date, probably C18. Against the
south end is a 15-storey block formerly used as stabling, with gabled coach
houses at each end: clay lump and timber frame construction, tarred, with
slated roof. Unaltered exterior, the stables with 2 gabled half-dormers and a
small ventilation turret with wind vane. North side of kitchen garden has C18
serpentine walls about 3m high and extending for some 40m. Mid C19 gateway
with 2-centred stone arch. A small section of the serpentine wall was blown
down in early 1986. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: TM1385276496

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283937

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]