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Sharpcliffe Hall

Introduction

Sharpcliffe Hall has the remains of a 19th-century garden, overlying an earlier design. Remains include a tree-lined avenue, moorland, parkland, terraces, and a summerhouse. There are also formal gardens, shrubberies, a wild garden, kitchen garden and a lake.

The site is now a little dilapidated, and appears to be a 19th-century overlay on an earlier site. There are remains of a good beech avenue on the entrance drive. This divides moorland from parkland on the south side. There is a carriage court with Cedar of Lebanon. Terraces run to the west, and a summerhouse and garden walls survive, but the entire terraced area is now covered with rough grass. Formal gardens lead to shrubberies, which descend to a wild garden. Paths cut through this, descending to the lake. There is also a substantial, stone-walled kitchen garden.
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History

Sharpcliffe Hall was first built as a timbered manor house at some point in the 17th century. Subsequent additions were made throughout the succeeding centuries, with significant extensions made in the 19th century. A dendrochronological survey may have been undertaken.

The gardens are now largely lost, and not closely dated, but most of the described features probably relate to the 18th century.

Period

18th Century (1701 to 1800)

Features & Designations

Features

  • Avenue
  • Description: Beech avenue
  • Terrace
  • Summerhouse
  • Kitchen Garden
  • Shrubbery
  • Manor House (featured building)
  • Description: 17th-century, with later additions.
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Key Information

Type

Estate

Purpose

Ornamental

Principal Building

Domestic / Residential

Period

18th Century (1701 to 1800)

Survival

Part: standing remains

Open to the public

Yes

Civil Parish

Ipstones

References

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