Introduction
Christon Court is listed Grade II. The garden is a small and modest 17th-century garden. Features include lawns separated by a terrace, retaining walls and a gazebo.
Principal Building
The Grade II listed house has possible medieval origins.
Gardens and Pleasure Grounds
The 17th-century modest garden is laid to lawns separated by a terrace, retaining wall and gazebo. The gazebo is mid- to late-18th century. The 17th-century terrace wall is listed Grade II.
An archaeological aerial survey carried out in 2009 by Gloucestershire County Council and English Heritage revealed three barrows at Christon Plantation localed on the western and northern slopes of a broad, flat bottomed valley, which may be where the contemporary Bronze Age settlements were. (Archaeological Aerial Survey in the Northern Mendip Hills: A Highlight Report for the National Mapping Programme by Russell Priest and Amanda Dickson 2009 for Gloucestershire County Council and English Heritage).
Description checked by Avon Gardens Trust and Augmented information on Archaeological Aerial Survey added 12/2/2013.
- Features & Designations
Designations
Conservation Area
- Reference: Christon
The National Heritage List for England: Listed Building
- Reference: Christon Court
- Grade: II
Features
- House (featured building)
- Terrace
- Description: The terrace wall.
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- Gazebo
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- Key Information
Type
Garden
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
Hectares
0.4
Civil Parish
Loxton
- References
References
- Russell Priest and Amanda Dickson {Archaeological Aerial Survey in the Northern Mendip Hills. A highlight report for the National Mapping Programme} (2009 for Gloucestershire County Council and English Heritage) National Mapping Programme
Contributors
Avon Gardens Trust