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<p>A visit to <a href="https://hillclosegardens.com/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Hill Close Gardens</a> in Warwick.<br />
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A Victorian era set of garden plots, each with brick summerhouses.<br />
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Hill Close Gardens are a fascinating insight into a bygone era of genteel gardening. Laid out on a regular grid pattern and enclosed with high hedges. Victorian families living in Warwick escaped to these private gardens for peace and relaxation. But the site gradually fell into disuse and for many years lay derelict until they were rediscovered in 1993.<br />
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The Gardens today contain sixteen elaborate plots, many with their original summerhouses. These are fully restored and recognised as a site of national importance. The fascinating stories behind the Gardens are brought to life through displays, events and activities.<br />
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Plot 11<br />
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Summerhouse / Pavilion<br />
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Grade II listed building<br />
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<a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1263388" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Pavilion at NGR 42789 26480</a><br />
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WARWICK SP2764 LINEN STREET 811-0/8/10006 Hill Close Gardens: Pavilion at NGR 42789-26480<br />
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GV II Detached town garden pavilion. Circa 1870-80. Red brick with some, stone dressings. Steeply-pitched plain tile roof with gable to front and rear, the front with pierced wavey bargeboards, the rear gable has brick stack. Small square 1-room plan building entered from the west front, over a basement entered from thr right [south] side. 1 storey and basement. Gabled west front with central round-headed doorway with semi-circular fanlight, keystone and stone imposts shared with flanking narrow round-headed windows with stone cills and patches of render below. The jambs of the doorway and windows are chamfered. The steps up to the door, the door and the sashes are missing. South side has cambered arches to basement doorway and window. INTERIOR: The matchboarding on the walls, the chimneypiece and the ceiling are partly missing. Hill Close Gardens were established in about 1846 as pleasure garden allotments and by 1877 there were 37 garden plots. They were laid out as detached gardens for town houses without gardens. SOURCES: Lambert, David. Study of Detached Town Gardens commissioned by English Heritage, 1994. Warwickshire Gardens Trust, Hill Close Gardens Preliminary Report.<br />
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Listing NGR: SP2788964805</p>](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55389586910_9d5ddff440_s.jpg)
