Description

PARISH OF FOREMARK
SK 32 NW
3/120
Kitchen Gardens to the
East of
Foremark Hall

II

Kitchen Garden walls, vine houses, potting sheds, stables and
garden house. Mid C18, late C18 with additions c1900. Red brick
with ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs. Large rectangular
kitchen garden with walls 4 metres high with ashlar coping. The
north west section has lean-to vine houses built on the inner
walls, and potting sheds on the outer walls with 5 plank doors,
and 9, 2 light sliding sashes with glazing bars and segment
heads. These sheds have slate roofs and 5 groups off stacks. To
the south, at the centre of the west wall a gateway with 4
circular brick columns with ashlar bases supporting a now decayed
thatched roof, with wooden gate and railings. Linked to the west
a short wall with a round headed niche containing an ashlar water
trough, and beyond an ogee headed Gothic archway, this forms the
southern boundary to the plotting shed yard to the north a
section of garden wall, and to the west the rear of a stable
range. This range has a west front with alternating stable doors
and windows all under a continuous wooden lintel or wall plate.
To the southwest a small formal garden with railings and gate to
the south, and a small garden house with verandah supported on
rustic poles, and at the rear further out buildings.

Listing NGR: SK3346126533

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614649

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)