
What is recorded here
Farmyard complex, extant 1840, including: Walled garden on a rectangular plan with part creeper- or ivy-covered boundary wall to perimeter having overgrown rounded coping; red brick Running bond surface finish to courtyard elevations. Now disused. Set in unkempt grounds originally shared with Saint Margaret's House with granite ashlar piers to perimeter having stringcourses below capping supporting replacement flat iron "farm gate".
A farmyard complex surviving as an interesting relic of the Saint Margaret's House estate following the demolition of the 'fine marine residence…recently fitted up [by Edward Westby Nunn (1819-81)] as a constant residence' (Lacy 1852, 284; Lacy 1863, 443).
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
Places near here
St. Margarets WellHoly well · 188 yd
Not idnicatedEnclosure · 303 yd
Shernock Hill/Knocks HillMountain / peak · 475 yd
Site of CastleCastle, unclassified · 1426 yd
Churchtown Beach / The Sandy GripeBeach / strand · 1453 yd
CastleCastle, tower house · 1.0 mi
Lady's IslandVisitor information · 1.2 mi
The Fairy Stone/RockNamed rock · 1.2 miOther information
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