ENN107405 - Former Kitchen Gardens, Ecton Hall, 2013 (Building recording)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 82872 63707 (75m by 50m) Approximate
Civil Parish ECTON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District)

Technique(s)

Organisation

Iain Soden Heritage Services

Date

October 2013-January 2014

Description

Ecton Hall's kitchen garden was laid out just before 1781. A small selection of apparently unrelated buildings was erected for horses and other livestock on an adjoining plot before c1850. Others were built subsequently. These either went out of use gradually or were converted piecemeal to horticultural uses in the late 19th century and early 20th century, being joined progressively by a number of purpose-built horticultural structures by 1926. At this stage there were seven gardeners employed. It is unlikely that any animal-related activity continued after c1935. The gardens dwindled after the 1950s and the last gardener was working there in the 1970s. Some subsequent clearance took place in the 1980s but the plots and buildings became increasingly overgrown until clearance and recording in 2013. Information from OASIS Online Form.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Report: Soden I.. 2014. Building Analysis and Recording Adjacent to The Former Kitchen Gardens of Ecton Hall, Northamptonshire. Iain Soden Heritage Services Fieldwork Reports. Iain Soden Heritage. p.1 (checked).
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1885. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 Inch Mapping Series (45.04). 25 inches to 1 mile. Sheet 45.04. Ordnance Survey. (unchecked).
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1900. Second Edition OS 25 Inch Mapping Series (45.04). 25 inches to 1 mile. Sheet 45.04. Ordnance Survey. (unchecked).
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1926. Third Edition Ordnance Survey 25 Inch Mapping Series (45.04). 25 inches to 1 mile. Sheet 45.04. Ordnance Survey. (unchecked).
  • <2> Plan: 1830 circa. Modern Redrawing of C19th Estate Plan. (unchecked).

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Related Monuments/Buildings (13)

  • Corrugated Shed, Possibly Military in Origin, to South of Former Kitchen Garden (Building)
  • Ecton (including Little Ecton) (Monument)
  • Ecton Hall (Building)
  • Former Animal Shelter/Potting Shed to South of Kitchen Garden (Building)
  • Former Cold Frames Within Kitchen Garden Extension (Building)
  • Former Cucumber House Within Kitchen Garden Extension (Building)
  • Former Greenhouse (With Potting Shed & Boiler House) Within Kitchen Garden Extension (Building)
  • Former Greenhouse Within Kitchen Garden Extension (Building)
  • Former Kitchen Gardens (Monument)
  • Former Peach House Within Kitchen Garden Extension (Building)
  • Former Stable to South of Kitchen Garden (Building)
  • Former Toilet & Shed Within Kitchen Garden Extension (Building)
  • Fuel Store Within Kitchen Garden Extension (Building)

Record last edited

Nov 7 2022 4:23PM

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