Building record 1051300000 - Garden Wall, 40m N of Brickhill Manor

Summary

Early nineteenth century castellated garden wall at Great Brickhill Manor, designed as an eyecatcher and built in 1835.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1115995: GARDEN WALL 40 METRES TO NORTH OF BRICKHILL MANOR

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Type and Period (3)

  • GARDEN WALL (Built 1835, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • FOLLY (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • TOWER (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. Length of castellated garden wall designed as an eye-catcher. Dated 1835. Red brick. Tall central section of wall has battlements, buttresses each with 3 cross slits, and flanking battlemented towers with similar slits. Lower sections of battlemented wall to each side, terminating in further towers, one partly missing (B1).
AVDC Conservation team notes that the longer boundary wall is not listed and has suffered collapse or demolition (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19252 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Aylesbury Vale District: Parishes of Aston Abbotts &C. p12.
  • <2>SBC20297 Unpublished document: Aylesbury Vale District Council. Copy of AVDC Listed Buildings Information Card for garden wall of Brickhill Manor.

Location

Grid reference SP 90032 30824 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT BRICKHILL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Mar 23 2016 6:02PM

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