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Whitehurst Gardens

Introduction

Whitehurst contains tiered curving fruit walls, gates, a banqueting house and a mount. Twentieth-century cottages now occupy part of the garden.

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Features & Designations

Designations

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

  • Reference: PGW(C) 11
  • Grade: II*

Features

  • Mount
  • Description: The mount is conical with a flat top. A yew tree is planted on the summit. A 1735 drawing shows it with a spiral ride up to the top.
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  • Banqueting House
  • Description: The banqueting house was built into the lowest curved terracing wall in the garden.
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  • Garden Wall
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  • Fruit-growing Wall
  • Description: Tiered curving fruit walls.
  • Gate
Key Information

Type

Garden

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Domestic / Residential

Survival

Part: standing remains

Hectares

11

References

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