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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. -80- Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlow House, Bromlow, Shropshire, SYS OEA I
DenfordPark. Kintburv, Berkshire 5.4 The Gardener's Cottage 5.4.1 Description On the western boundary of the Walled Garden is the former Gardener's Cottage, known now as the 'Spanish Flat'. This is a rectangular two-storey brick range under a hipped and slated roof. Although the basic primary carcass has survived it has been considerably altered. i The walls are topped by a plain eaves course and the slated roof has a coped gable at the west end, facing the drive to the main house, and a hipped roof to the east; rising a little in from the west gable is a tall chimney. In the east gable there is a square headed window at first-floor level and an inserted double doorway below. The situation at the east end is similar but the doorway on the ground floor with its segmental head is primary. The side elevations are much altered, with later extensions, mainly single-storey, added onto the north side. All of the windows on the south side are inserted and fairly recent. The lime-wash of this wall reflects the fact that a large glasshouse was built up against this side of the building. Low down is an arch-headed opening associated with that glasshouse phase. 5.4.2 Discussion This building seems to have been built to give a small residential apartment on the first floor with storage below. Its position in relation to the adjacent Walled Garden logically suggests that it was designed to be the home of the Head Gardener with appropriate storage beneath. ] 3 A building is shown in this position on the 1844 estate map and it is likely that it was built at the same time as the Walled Garden. A large glasshouse is shown butting against its south wall on later-19 th century Ordnance Survey plans and given the fact that there were no original window openings in this elevation, it seems that this would have been contemporary with the building. Subsequently, the residential accommodation on the first floor has been upgraded and extended and made better lit by the insertion of windows in the south-facing side wall. The ground floor is still largely given over to storage. -81- Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlaw House, Bromlow, Shropshire, SYS OEA
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<strong>Denford</strong><strong>Park</strong>. Kintburv, Berkshire<br />
5.4 The Gardener's Cottage<br />
5.4.1 Description<br />
On the western boundary of the Walled Garden is the former Gardener's Cottage,<br />
known now as the 'Spanish Flat'. This is a rectangular two-storey brick range under a<br />
hipped and slated roof. Although the basic primary carcass has survived it has been<br />
considerably altered.<br />
i<br />
The walls are topped by a plain eaves course and the slated roof has a coped gable at<br />
the west end, facing the drive to the main house, and a hipped roof to the east; rising a<br />
little in from the west gable is a tall chimney.<br />
In the east gable there is a square headed window at first-floor level and an inserted<br />
double doorway below. The situation at the east end is similar but the doorway on the<br />
ground floor with its segmental head is primary.<br />
The side elevations are much altered, with later extensions, mainly single-storey,<br />
added onto the north side. All of the windows on the south side are inserted and fairly<br />
recent. The lime-wash of this wall reflects the fact that a large glasshouse was built<br />
up against this side of the building. Low down is an arch-headed opening associated<br />
with that glasshouse phase.<br />
5.4.2 Discussion<br />
This building seems to have been built to give a small residential apartment on the<br />
first floor with storage below. Its position in relation to the adjacent Walled Garden<br />
logically suggests that it was designed to be the home of the Head Gardener with<br />
appropriate storage beneath.<br />
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A building is shown in this position on the 1844 estate map and it is likely that it was<br />
built at the same time as the Walled Garden. A large glasshouse is shown butting<br />
against its south wall on later-19 th century Ordnance Survey plans and given the fact<br />
that there were no original window openings in this elevation, it seems that this would<br />
have been contemporary with the building.<br />
Subsequently, the residential accommodation on the first floor has been upgraded and<br />
extended and made better lit by the insertion of windows in the south-facing side wall.<br />
The ground floor is still largely given over to storage.<br />
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Richard K Morriss & Associates, Historic Buildings Consultants, Bromlaw House, Bromlow, Shropshire, SYS OEA
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