Building record M11718 - SUNKEN GARDEN AND ROSE ARBOUR

Summary

GARDEN HOUSE (Victorian to Late 20th Century); SUNKEN GARDEN (Victorian to Late 20th Century)

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Grid reference Centred SK 56154 74240 (131m by 131m)
Map sheet SK57SE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Welbeck, Bassetlaw

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When [the fifth Duke of Portland] died in 1879, excavations had just begun for his enormous Bachelors' Hall. The new Duke … [had] the foundation walls of the sunk hall … converted into an Italianate sunken garden, with a wooden pavilion and pergolas. (1)


Listed buildings slides, 6 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 371 (Monograph). SNT4.

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  • --- Photograph: Listed buildings slides. 6 slides.
  • <1> Monograph: Pevsner N. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed.. Penguin. p 371.

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Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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