Description

SK 5674 and SK 5774
12/196

WELBECK
WELBECK ABBEY
NORTH DRIVE
(South side)
Sunken Garden and Rose Arbor

G.V.
II

Sunken garden containing 2 summer houses. Late C19. Walls of
red brick with rough hewn stone facing. Entrances to the east
with decorative iron gates. Interior has at the south side a
summer house with balustraded base. 4 herms support the roof.
The north side has a pedimented wooden summer house with copper
roof. The pediment is supported on columns and has a modillion
cornice and central clock face. To the right is a doorway with
glazed door and overlight flanked by single columns. In the
north east corner is a projecting bay. Running around the edges
of the pools and tennis court are coped piers. The garden is
linked to Welbeck Abbey Ballroom via a rose arbor with part
rusticated walls, rock face ashlar rose troughs and a glazed
roof.

Listing NGR: SK5614374295

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26519014

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)