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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26294183

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments