Description

Early 19th century, and later. Railings surrounding circular-plan gardens, and adjacent gardens to E and W; predominantly ashlar dwarf walls, broached at central gardens, with saddleback copes, roll-moulded to N and S of central gardens, chamfered flanking thoroughfare, surmounted by cast-iron railings, set diagonally to street, with fleur-de-lis and quasi-Maltese Cross finials; pairs of polygonal posts with pyramidal caps adjoining walls, flanking NW and SE entrances to thoroughfare. Some later rectilinear-patterned railings, with shaped ends to balusters, set in central panels to gardens at E and W; pall stone at NW corner of E garden; ashlar wall to NW of W garden, raised to right of centre; former gate centred at E elevation of W garden, with remains of honeysuckle motif at base. Some cast-iron lamps with glass globes set in copes to W garden.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Second New Town A Group, representing a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain, and the central space serving Royal Circus by William H Playfair, 1821-23.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17810952

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)