Ashdell Historic Park & Garden
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Description
This Historic Park and Garden was identified and considered Locally Listed under the Sheffield UDP and UDP Policy BE21, which can be seen here: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-07/03-udp-built-environment.pdf . The supporting document, which contains the schedule of identified Historic Parks & Gardens, can be seen here: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/planning-and-development/sheffield-plan/Historic%20Parks%20%26%20Gardens.pdf. As a result, the park and all its associated features has been included in the current Local Heritage List for South Yorkshire.
The stone boundary wall of coarse gritstone with moulded flat copings and intermediate piers are intact and Listed, as are the gate piers at the entrance, which have quadrant walls and a setted crossover.
The tarmac drive divides to the right leading to the setted service court, enclosed by 3 metre coursed stone walls with monolithic gate piers. The coach house was developed as student accommodation, with some service buildings nearby demolished and the site of these and the kitchen garden are now lawned.
The boundary walls to either side of the entrance are backed by banks planted with trees and shrubs, mainly evergreens, to give privacy from the road, and the drive is lined with evergreen shrubs. The left-hand branch leads to the main entrance to the house, overlooking a sunken lawn with a specimen beech tree. An ashlar wall with gateway flanks the house and separates the front and rear gardens. There is a terrace on the south side of the house, with the base of a missing gas lamp.
Below is the most interesting part of the garden, a wooded dell in a former quarry. Tarmac paths and stone steps edged with gritstone boulders, wind down from the terrace to a lawn, with rock work and evergreen shrubs (laurel, rhododendron, yew, holly) and fine specimen trees (oak, beech, monkey puzzle). The shrubbery is overgrown with some gaps but overall it is a fine example of a Victorian woodland garden using the former quarry to great effect, with dramatic views.
Sheffield Directorate of Planning and Economic Development, 1997, Sheffield's Historic Parks and Gardens (Unpublished document).
Statement of Significance
None recorded
Date Listed
n/a
Last Updated
07 Sep 2022
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