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The Garden House, Great Saxham Hall

A Grade II* Listed Building in The Saxhams, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2299 / 52°13'47"N

Longitude: 0.6272 / 0°37'37"E

OS Eastings: 579520

OS Northings: 262328

OS Grid: TL795623

Mapcode National: GBR QF2.3F1

Mapcode Global: VHJGT.T6FX

Plus Code: 9F426JHG+XV

Entry Name: The Garden House, Great Saxham Hall

Listing Date: 14 July 1955

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1031410

English Heritage Legacy ID: 283830

ID on this website: 101031410

Location: West Suffolk, IP29

County: Suffolk

District: West Suffolk

Civil Parish: The Saxhams

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Little Saxham St Nicholas

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Description


TL 76 SE
5/123
14.7.55

LITTLE SAXHAM
CHEVINGTON ROAD
The Garden House, Gt. Saxham Hall.

II*

Stucco folly, late C18 in the grounds of Gt. Saxham Hall; said to have been a
Temple of Dido, and probably by Capability Brown who supervised landscaping on
the estate. In the Strawberry Hill Gothic style, formerly with a domed roof
now gone. Slender clustered columns with ogee crocketed arches supporting a
parapet pierced with simple arcading and surmounted by a pyramid at each of the
8 corners. The structure is in poor condition.

Listing NGR: TL7952062328

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