Description

ST 85 NW WESTWOOD IFORD
(north side)

6/238 Steps and lower terraces in
garden at Iford Manor

GV II

Three flights of steps linked by terraces, ascending from courtyard
at east end of Iford Manor (q.v.). Circa 1905 by H.A. Peto.
Rubble stone terrace revetment walls with ashlar piers. Lowest
flight of steps flanked by C18 square piers with fielded panels and
moulded cappings with lead urns, flanking revetment walls with flat
coping. Middle terrace has revetment walls with coping swept up to
square plinths with lead urns, canted recess with C15 Italian
wellhead. Upper terrace steps flanked by C13 Comacine Italian
marble lions with plain columns surmounted by standing figures,
rubble stone revetment walls with coping also framing steps. One
of Peto's earliest improvements to the gardens at Iford Manor.
(E. Cartwright-Hignett, The Gardens at Iford Manor, 1985)

Listing NGR: ST8008658922

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26645853

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)