Denford Park, Kintbury - Hungerford Virtual Museum

Denford Park, Kintbury, Berkshire
5.3 The Walled Garden
5.3.1 Description
The walled garden, to the south and east of the Stable Court, is very large and mainly
surrounded by a tall wall of hand-made browny-red brick, pilastered in some sections
and plain in others. In some sections there is a flat stone coping, ramped at the
entrance in the north side. Most of the gateways into the garden, however, appear to
be inserted.
5.3.2 Discussion
It is not clear when the walled garden was laid out; it is not mentioned specifically in
the 1822 estate details but could have been built by that date. It was certainly built by
the time the 1844 estate map was surveyed.
Maps, and photographs in the 1924 Sales Particulars, show that the garden was
extensive and productive but remarkably devoid of large numbers of glasshouses - the
only major one being next to the Gardener's Cottage at the western end of the
enclosure.
P1.42: The Walled Garden, looking west; the Gardener's Cottage is in the background
(centre) and the southern range of the Stable Court can be seen on the right.
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Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlow House, Bromlow, Shropshire, SYS OEA
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