Asset type
Park and Garden - Garden
Local Listing Reference
LLHA0027
Conservation Area (CA)
Montpelier and Clifton Hill CA
Description
Clifton Terrace was completed in 1847. The gardens were provided for the exclusive use of the residents of the terrace; this arrangement remains in place. They were set out on the site of the Clifton Windmill, which was erected in the 1810s or 1820s and moved to Windmill Street, Albion Hill in around 1837. The garden layout comprised a series of winding ‘serpentine’ paths with perimeter and clumped planting. The original cast iron railings to the boundary have been removed, although the rendered wall and decorative piers remain with hedge behind.
Source: Carder 1990
A. Architectural, design and artistic interest
ii. A good example of a mid-19th century designed garden.
C. Townscape interest
i. Within the Montpelier & Clifton Hill Conservation Area, the gardens are atypical of the area, being a private resident’s gardens remaining in that use and retaining much of their original arrangement.
F. Intactness
i. The design remains largely intact.
ii. The gardens remain as a private resident’s garden.
Date of inclusion
2015
