Description

ST3918 BARRINGTON CP
BARRINGTON COURT ESTATE

9/179 Walled gardens to east of
Barrington Court with gateways

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GV II

Walled gardens. Circa 1921-25 incorporating earlier work for A.A. Lyle, partly the design of Gertrude Jekyll. Brick,
rubble and freestone. The whole enclosed by a high brick wall with a rubble coping; except bounded to north by the
'Bustalls', a double-pile range of former single-storeyed cattle shelters of brick and rubble, hipped tile roofs, 11
segmental-arched openings looking into the garden with wooden gates, probably C19. To east a single-storeyed C17
outbuilding with hipped tile roof, oval openings in freetone surrounds with leaded lights to garden. The garden itself
is divided into 3 areas by rubble walling. In west wall reused moulded oak door surround with a 4-centred arch head and
carved spandrels, panelled door. Part of garden with a central pool. Two ornamental iron gateways. Further section of
walling extends to the south; very large gateway with pair of panelled ashlar piers with obelisk finials, wrought-iron
gates, intricate cresting.

Listing NGR: ST3970418238

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26308722

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)