Description

AYSGARTH
MAIN STREET
SE 08 NW
15/100 (South Side)

Rockery adjacent
II to Reeth Cottage

Rockery in walled enclosure 1906-14. By Messrs. Backhouse of York for Mr
F S Graham. Rockery of limestone blocks; enclosure wall of rubblestone with
cast-iron railings. Rockery comprises lumps of limestone placed in picturesque
mounds with narrow paths between. Enclosure approx. 14 x 42 metres, has quoins,
flat coping to return walls which ramp up hill-slope and triangular-sectioned
coping to low front wall which is broken by gate with round-topped monolithic
gate piers and is surmounted by hooped and bud-finialled railings, the gate
being similar. On right return, rockery breaks through enclosure wall. Attached
lean-to's not of special interest.

The rockery stones are reported to have been brought to this site from a field
just to the west of the village. The builders, James Backhouse and Son, were
well known rockery builders and alpine nurserymen from the late 1850s. ( The
rockery houses a large and varied collection of alpine plants which is not cover-
ed by the listing.)

Listing NGR: SE0020588387

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26424932

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Care and Repair