Noseley Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house situated at Noseley, Billesden, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building. Anciently held by the Marteval family, it has been the seat of the Hazlerigg family since 1419 when the Marteval heiress married Thomas Hasilrige.
- Walled Kitchen Garden
The first record that we have of the WKG is the 1743 estate plan which marks the site of the current kitchen garden. This plan “shows the ambitious landscaping scheme for the gardens which paralleled the developments in the house”. “ Earthwork evidence still visible suggests that much of this scheme was actually implemented”. (Hartley)
As shown on the 1st and 2nd edition OS maps the WKG is 1.976 acres. This includes the outbuildings and yard to the North. It is rectangular with the SW corner cut off.
The present WKG is roughly a square and is an acre in size.
The WKG is currently a combined kitchen and pleasure garden.
Former South wall external greenhouse The WKG as it is today taken from the South East corner showing the parterre and espalier fruit trees on the West wall The two-storey apple store taken from outside the WKG, showing the fish-scale tiles on the roof and the open barn area beside it Interior of the upper floor of the apple store showing the well-preserved storage racks Lean-to shed taken from the outside of the WKG, situated against the southern end of the west wall. On the near wall is the diamond shaped section of brickwork for ventilation. The wall at the far end of the shed projects beyond the South wall of the WKG as it is now See our full research report on the Walled Kitchen Garden here:
Noseley Hall, Noseley
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