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Great Harmeston

Introduction

Great Harmeston is a minor gentry house. There is a small enclosed orchard with two mounts, perhaps from the 17th century, and an arbour or grotto of about 1800.

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Features & Designations

Designations

  • CADW Register of Landscapes Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales

  • Reference: PGW(Dy)19(PEM)
  • Grade: II

  • CADW Register of Listed Buildings in Wales

  • Reference: House, cart sheds, outbuildings
  • Grade: II

Features

  • House (featured building)
  • Description: The house is made up of two storeys. It is limewashed and rubble-built. It is probably on the site of an earlier building.
  • Earliest Date:
  • Latest Date:
  • Garden Building
  • Description: Store and cart shed.
  • Stable Block
  • Description: This has been described as a barn or cart shed, but was probably the stables originally.
  • Orchard
  • Description: Enclosed garden orchard.
  • Mount
  • Description: There are two mounts, probably dating from around 1700, though there is no actual evidence of date.
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Key Information

Type

Garden

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Domestic / Residential

Survival

Part: standing remains

Hectares

2.5

Open to the public

Yes

Civil Parish

Tiers Cross

References

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