Description

ST 97 SE CALNE WITHOUT BOWOOD

2/14 Walled garden to north of Bowooi
House

GV II

Garden Walls to large rectangular walled garden, c1760-5, rubble
stone with brick piers outside, brick lined with ashlar plinth and
coping within. Inner dividing walls separate four rectangular
enclosures. Flush stone doorways, elliptical-arched main south
entry with panelled double doors and panelled arch-head. Keystone
and impost blocks. Shallow curved gateway on axis in main cross
wall and elliptical-arched north doorway with iron gates. Another
arched-head doorway on west wall. Smaller square-headed doorways
with 9-panel doors on east wall, north-west angle of north wall and
south-west angle of west wall. Similar doorways without doors at
north end of spine wall and west end-of cross wall. On a terrace
at north-west angle former apple-store, brick with flush ashlar
quoins, plinth, moulded stone cornice and brick parapet. Rebuilt
slate pyramid roof. Three south windows in flush stone surrounds
with keystones. Walled garden is marked on Powell map of 1763.

Listing NGR: ST9742770130

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26552771

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