Monument record MDO45300 - Post-Medieval garden features, Tarrant Hinton

Post-Medieval garden features probably associated with the mid-19th century Old Rectory (MDO13324) are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. The site comprises two concentric L-shaped terraces around the building, to the south of which is a curving linear bank and an S-shape pond. The bank may have been used as a walk or planted, or could perhaps have defined the northern edge of a small lake which has subsequently shrunk to become the 130m long serpentine length of water situated at the southern end of the site. An orchard and parkland trees are also marked on the 1887 Ordnance Survey map.

Post Medieval garden features probably associated with the mid-19th century Old Rectory (ST 91 SW 84 / UID: 210291) are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9369 1095 and comprises two concentric L-shaped terraces around the building, to the south of which is a curving linear bank and an extended S-shape pond.

The bank measures a maximum of 8m wide and extends between ST 9359 1093 and ST 9372 1096. It may have been used as a walk or planted, or could perhaps have defined the northern edge of a small ornamental lake which has subsequently shrunk to become the 130m long serpentine length of water situated at the southern end of the site, between ST 9362 1086 and ST 9325 1085. An orchard at ST 9373 1100 and dispersed parkland trees are also marked on the 1887 Ordnance Survey map. <1-2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1887 (Map). SWX1197.

<2> Royal Air Force, 10-FEB-1945, NMR RAF/106G/LA/128 7026-7027 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19213.

<3> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1481278 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 9 2023 12:10PM