Description

STANNINGTON BLAGDON NZ 2177 13/70 Garden walls, attached outbuildings, greenhouse and pillars, west of Blagdon Hall GV II Garden walls, outbuildings, greenhouse and supporting pillars for roses. Late C18 or early C19 with alterations under Sir Edwin Lutyens' garden scheme, 1926- 1938. Walls and outbuildings brick in English Garden Wall Bond 1 and 4, with stone dressings and Lakeland slate roofs; greenhouse glass, wood and cast iron on ashlar base; pillars brick. Rectangular walled garden with short diagonal wing walls at southern angles, ending in square piers; south-eastern links to pond surround (q.v.). Wall with flat stone coping; both coping and coursing sloped down steeply on either side of lower central section on south. Coping ramped up on either side of gateway on east, with elaborate wrought-iron gate between piers with foliate ball finials. Boarded door on north in alternating- block surround. Greenhouse against inner face of wall to west of door has patterned spandrel brackets and ornate wrought-iron ridge finials. Pent outbuildings, against outer face of wall east of door, have boarded doors, 16-pane sash windows and 2 segmental arches.

Cruciform-plan paths within garden lined (except in north-east quarter) by pillars with dog-tooth friezes and stepped caps; these were formerly linked by wood rails which supported climbing roses.

Altered greenhouses and house at north-west corner are not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ2119777082

External Links

• Wikidata Q26501912

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