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| HER Number: | MDV63470 |
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| Name: | Gnaton Hall Gardens, Newton and Noss |
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Summary
Landscaped gardens surrounding Gnaton Hall, shown on 19th century maps. Full extent not known.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 580 496 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX54NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Newton and Noss |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NEWTON FERRERS |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX54NE/11/3
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- GARDEN (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Landscaped gardens surrounding Gnaton Hall included a lodge to the north, with an avenue of trees leading to the house, terraced gardens with a sundial and fountain on the south-west side of the house, and a walled garden further to the south-west. Full extent not known. Map object based on this source.
Gray, T., 1995, The Garden History of Devon: An Illustrated Guide to Sources, 110-111 (Monograph). SDV671.
Devon Gardens Trust, 1999, Devon Local Register, 59 (Un-published). SDV170167.
Devon Gardens Trust, 2013, Devon Gazetteer of Parks and Gardens of Local Interest (Reg/Local list of Historic Parks and Gdns). SDV354335.
Clark, J. + Richardson, D., 2013, Gnaton Hall (Un-published). SDV357578.
Seat of the Hele family, partly rebuilt for Henry Roe ‘in a neat and substantial manner’ (Polwhele 1806). White (1850) noted that ‘It is now a handsome mansion, with extensive and well-wooded grounds’. Stockdale described it as ’a handsome spacious mansion built about twenty years since’. An early 19th century kitchen garden includes a brick gardener’s bothy situated on a raised terrace.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Map object based on this source.
Tingle, M., 2015, A Development at Collaton Cross, Devon. Results of an Archaeological Desk-based Assessment, 4 (Report - Assessment). SDV359863.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV170167 | Un-published: Devon Gardens Trust. 1999. Devon Local Register. Devon Local Register of Parks and Gardens of Local Historic Interest. A4 Stapled + Digital. 59. |
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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV354335 | Reg/Local list of Historic Parks and Gdns: Devon Gardens Trust. 2013. Devon Gazetteer of Parks and Gardens of Local Interest. Historic Parks and Gardens - Register and Local List. Digital. |
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| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV357578 | Un-published: Clark, J. + Richardson, D.. 2013. Gnaton Hall. Devon Local Register of Parks and Gardens of Local Historic Interest. Digital. |
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| SDV359863 | Report - Assessment: Tingle, M.. 2015. A Development at Collaton Cross, Devon. Results of an Archaeological Desk-based Assessment. Martin Tingle. Digital. 4. |
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| SDV671 | Monograph: Gray, T.. 1995. The Garden History of Devon: An Illustrated Guide to Sources. The Garden History of Devon: An Illustrated Guide to Sources. Paperback Volume. 110-111. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV39113 | Parent of: Bothy in Gnaton Hall Walled Garden (Building) |
| MDV39112 | Parent of: Kitchen Garden Walls, Gnaton Hall (Building) |
| MDV18987 | Related to: Gnaton Hall (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 3 2016 1:52PM |
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