Listed Building record MDO10774 - Kitchen Garden Walls and Entrance Gate 100 metres east of Manor House, Beaminster

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Summary

The Kitchen Garden walls are c.18th century built of ashlar and rubble-stone with coping stones and the entrance gate has 16th century polygoanal buttresses from Clifton Maybank topped with onion-dome finials.

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Full Description

C18 landscape park, at most extensive c.25ha, reduced to c.5ha adjacent to manor. To south west and south, gate piers and wall, C18. Gate piers reputed to have come from Clifton Maybank, Somerset. Walled kitchen garden with entrance gate 100m east of manor, C18. [Full topographical description]. Additional reference, not consulted. <1>

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: English Heritage. 2005. Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England: Dorset (Revised). 12.
  • <2> Monograph: Newman, J, and Pevsner, N. 1972. The Buildings of England: Dorset.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 619200.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 48313 01435 (51m by 45m)
Map sheet ST40SE
Civil Parish Beaminster; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 40 SE 59
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 619200

Record last edited

Oct 10 2022 12:36PM

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