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Listed building outline: Garden Walls To North Of World Bird Research Station 1041987

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Garden Walls To North Of World Bird Research Station 1041987

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.890494 55.425138,-1.890512 55.425237,-1.889957...
• entry-date: 2013-01-29
• listed-building: 1041987
• name: Garden Walls To North Of World Bird Research Station
• notes: GLANTON FRONT STREET NU 0714 (North side) Glanton Village 21/202 Garden walls to north of World Bird Research Station GV II Garden walls, c.1796 incorporating earlier C18 wall on west. Squared stone. 3-metre high flat-coped wall on east is linked by lower wall at south end to stable/coach-house (q.v.) at rear of World Bird Research Station; similar wall on north. 2-metre high west wall has gabled coping, and runs past west end of Primrose Cottage (q.v.). The walls originally enclosed a formal garden behind The Mansion (now the World Bird Research Station); since 1930 the area has been planted with a variety of both indigenous and exotic trees, and used as a bird sanctuary and study area. ,
• reference: 1041987
• start-date: 1987-08-25