Description

GITTISHAM COMBE
SY 19 NW

7/148 Walls to the vineyard including
- gate-piers and walls to the
terraced beds
GV II*

Walls to the vineyard, gate-piers and retaining walls to 4 terraces. C17 or earlier.
Flint rubble walls, brick and stone gate-piers.
Flint rubble walls enclose the former vineyard, which is not exactly rectangular
Vineyard Cottage (q.v.), separately listed, is in the north-east corner; in the
centre there are symmetrically arranged terraced beds; gateway in the east wall. The
gate-piers are handmade brick with ashlar quoins and moulded cornices, crowned with
obelisks on carved bases.
Part of the garden at Combe House (q.v.) and an extremely interesting survival. The
vineyard is shown on a survey, plan of circa 1787 reproduced in Christopher Hussey's
articles on Combe in Country Life, June 9, 1955, pp. 1486-1489; June 16. 1955, pp.
1556-1559. The gardens at Combe are grade II on the Register of Parks and Gardens of
special historic interest in England, Ref: SY 1497 G1312.

Listing NGR: SY1440097936

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546716

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