Description

SP4711
13/167

YARNTON
CHURCH LANE
(West side)
Terrace walk and attached gazebo, walls and gateways to W of Yarnton Manor

GV
II

Raised terrace walk. Early C17, mostly by Thomas Garner c.1895. Retaining walls
of squared and coursed limestone and coursed limestone rubble, with chamfered
stone coping to front and buttresses. Ball finials surmount limestone ashlar
piers and stone-coped steps which rise from garden to terrace walk. Early C17
ovolo-moulded doorways, one with shaped pediment, to north-east and south-east
corners at front. Late C19 gazebo of stone ashlar in south-west corner, in
Jacobean style with ball finials to shaped gable, and round-arched doorway. To
rear, steps with Jacobean-style pierced balustrade rise to arched gateway with
shaped gable; across terrace walk to rear of gateway is early C17 moulded-arched
doorway with shaped pediment. Terrace walk encloses garden to rear of Yarnton
Manor (q.v,).

Listing NGR: SP4765111601

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26506146

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  For the Record
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas