Summary
A walled garden of around 1900 for Joseph Lucas in Jacobean style.
Description
A walled garden of around 1900 for Joseph Lucas in Jacobean style.
MATERIALS: brick in Flemish bond with some stone details and iron gates.
PLAN: rectangular with the main entrance on west side.
DETAILS: the west side has the main entrance which comprises a pedimented gable with a floral terracotta plaque and a round-headed entrance below with a pair of decorative cast iron gates. This is flanked by square piers with moulded bracket cornices and stepped buttresses. The attached wall is about eight feet high with brick coping and has brick piers with stone ball finials at intervals and some stepped buttresses.
History
A walled garden to Foxhunt Manor. Foxhunt Manor was built around 1900 for a builder and Congregational Minister, Joseph Lucas JP.
Reasons for Listing
The brick walled garden at Foxhunt Manor, built around 1900, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
* the walls are of the same date and style as the main house and include piers and buttresses and an elaborate gateway with a terracotta panel and iron gates;
Group value:
* part of a group of contemporary structures all built in matching style for the estate.
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Recommended Books
Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
For the Record
England's Post-War Listed Buildings