Description

GODALMING BRIGHTON ROAD
SU 94 SE and SU 9742
(north east side),
Busbridge
2/43 and 16/43 Garden Wall to front of
Munstead Orchard and to
11.9.87
Heath Lane House and
Quadrangle
GV
II

Garden walls to Munstead Orchard (q.v) and formerly to Munstead Woodd (q.v. bushbridge C.P).
Late Cl9, for Gertrude Jekyll. Bargate rubblestone, part with tile coping. In
front of Munstead Orchard the wall is low with domed,oversailing, coping broken
by gateway with wooden gate; it steps up at left end to approx 2 metres in
height before returning to house. To south-east, wall is taller, approx 2
metres high, having ridged tile coping and raking buttresses; on the garden side
the base of the wall is battered; the Heath Lane House section was densely over-
grown at time of inspection and partially collapsed in one place. The taller
roadside walling originally formed part of Gertrude Jekyllis garden at Munstead
Wood which is listed Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special
Historic Interest (Part 40, Surrey). J Brown, Gardens of a Golden Afternoon
(1982), pp 35-41.

Listing NGR: SU9803042784

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26296592

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version