Description

LANHYDROCK LANHYDROCK PARK
SX 06 SE
9/82 Kitchen garden walls and attached
- gardener's house

GV II

Kitchen garden walls and attached gardener's house. Late C19 with few later
alterations. Wall in slatestone rubble with granite quoins and slate coping. House
in granite rubble with brick dressings. Hipped slate roof with lead roll to ridge;
axial stacks with brick shafts.
Plan: The walls enclose a roughly rectangular garden, with one cross wall running
east/west to give an additional south-facing wall. There is a gardener's shed
attached to the north range. The gardener's house is set into the west range. The
house is of double depth plan, built into the bank at the rear, with 2 storeys on the
garden side ; entrance at the right side and the front facing into the garden.
Service range attached at the left side.
Exterior: The north range of the wall has a lean-to shed on the outer side ; double
doors in the wall with a segmental arch. The east range has a single door with brick
segmental arch. The cross wall is stepped with the slope of the ground and has
central double doors and single door to right and left, all with brick segmental
arches. The south and west ranges have similar single doors. In the west range, to
north of the house, there is a gateway with cast iron gates with knob finials,
railings to either side with knob finials.
The house is 2-storey, with a symmetrical 2-window front facing the garden. Two 4-
pane sashes at ground and first floor with brick segmental arches. Left side has a
single storey service range. Right side has 4-pane sash at ground floor to left and
6-pane sash at first floor centre. Central C20 door with flat hood on wooden posts.
At the rear, two 2-light casements with L hinges and brick segmental arches at ground
and first floor. The service range has 3 similar casements and C20 plank doors at
each end, all with brick segmental arches.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX0875563152

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435884

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