Information for record number MWA12950:
St. Joseph's School/Crackley Hall Gardens, Kenilworth

Summary Formal terraces, drive, glasshouses. Converted to school and part of grounds developed for housing.
What Is It?  
Type: Garden
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Kenilworth
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 29 73
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
Source Number  

1 St. Joseph's School. Crackley Hall, Kenilworth. Lovie reports that house converted into School. West part of grounds developed for housing c. 1990. Little of formal gardens survive but paddock in front of house remains as playing fields.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Data Tables (Warwick)
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
monument PADDOCK * An enclosed field for horses. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. back
monument FORMAL GARDEN * A garden of regular, linear or geometrical design, often associated with the traditional Italian, French and Dutch styles. back
monument GLASSHOUSE * A building made chiefly of glass, used to grow plants and fruit in. Use more specific type where possible. back
monument DRIVE * A road/carriage way giving access from the main road to the house, stables. back
monument PLAYING FIELD * A field or piece of ground used for the playing of games and other activities. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument TERRACE * A row of houses attached to and adjoining one another and planned and built as one unit. back

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