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Listed Building record MDR23863 - Garden Wall of Ireton Garden, off Kedleston Road, West of Ireton Home Farm, Weston Underwood

Type and Period (1)

  • (Georgian to 21st Century - 1761 AD? to 2050 AD)

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Garden wall of Ireton Garden, off Kedleston Road, west of Ireton Home Farm, Weston Underwood, built c1761. From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 34 SW PARISH OF WESTON UNDERWOOD KEDLESTON ROAD 3/110 (North Side) Walls at Ireton Gardens GV II Walls enclosing former gardens. 1761-3. Red brick with sandstone copings. Roughly square main enclosure, with curved angles to south and two cross walls. Broader upper enclosure has segmental curved north forcing wall with ten segmental curved projections. Segmental arched doorways with raised and fielded panelled doors. Cart entrance to north with segmental head and key block. Double doors. The Ireton Gardens were at one time extensive and of sufficient note to be the subject of a poem in the Gentleman's Magazine of 1744. Source: Unpublished information from Mr Leslie Harris, Kedleston Archives Listing NGR: SK3118241655.' (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1335384?section=official-list-entry.

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Location

Grid reference SK 31182 41655 (point)
Civil Parish WESTON UNDERWOOD, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE

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Jun 28 2024 4:29PM

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