Description

EGTON EGTON BRIDGE
NZ8005-8105
16/10 Walled garden and
attached sheds approx-
imately seventy-five
metres north-east of
Egton Manor House
GV II
Garden walls and shed. Probably C18 with C19 alteration. Herringbone-
tooled sandstone, south and east walls banded internally in orange-red
brick in English garden wall bond. Sandstone ashlar dressings. Shed
roofed in pantiles. Walls of varying heights, ramped up in places
following sloping ground. Flat coping. Gateway in south wall has
square-section chamfered piers with keyed round arch on moulded imposts.
Moulded cornice beneath entablature supporting heraldic beasts. In east
wall, keyed segment-arched niche with seat, and keyed round-arched
gateway. Similar gateway in north wall. Sheds in south side: 1-storey,
5-bay range. Paired board doors in centre, and paired flat arches beneath
chamfered timber lintel at far right end. Remaining openings are 16-pane
sashes. Doors and windows have tooled lintels. Corbelled eaves; coped
gables and central stack. Left return: louvred owlhole in chamfered
surround in gable end. Walled garden possibly survives from earlier house
occupied by the Elwes family until 1869.

Listing NGR: NZ8053505250

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26602472

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas