Garden Wall with Bee Boles at Swood House Farm Ticknall, England

Listed Building Data

Garden Wall with Bee Boles at Swood House Farm has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1393861
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
28 June 2010
Name
GARDEN WALL WITH BEE BOLES AT SOUTHWOOD HOUSE FARM
Location
GARDEN WALL WITH BEE BOLES AT SOUTHWOOD HOUSE FARM, STAUNTON LANE
Parish
Ticknall
District
South Derbyshire
County
Derbyshire
Grid Reference
SK3584321527
Easting
435842.6653
Northing
321527.0732

Listed Building Reasons

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

The garden wall with bee boles of c1820 at Southwood House Farm is recommended for designation at Grade II for the following principal reasons: Historical interest: the relatively precise dating of bee boles is a rare occurrence and adds important historical interest to this set. Rarity: eleven bee boles in a set is an unusually large number and is considered rare. * Group Value: the bee boles are integral to the Southwood House Farm ensemble of buildings which is also being assessed for listing.

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

TICKNALL

1259/0/10023 STAUNTON LANE 28-JUN-10 Garden Wall with Bee Boles at Southwoo d House Farm

GV II A set of 11 bee boles, of c1820 for William Woodward of Southwood House Farm, within and around the north-eastern corner of the boundary wall approximately 70m north-east of Southwood House Farm.

MATERIALS The wall itself is built of coursed sandstone blocks with ashlar coping. The bee boles are lined with brick at the sides and have a sandstone base and flat lintel.

PLAN The garden boundary wall is curved at the corner containing the boles. The other corners are square, suggesting the curve is related to the construction of the bee boles and that the wall and boles are contemporary.

EXTERIOR Each bee bole consists of a rectangular recess measuring approximately 40cm high, 43cm wide and 40cm deep, positioned 50cm above the base of the wall.

HISTORY The Southwood estate was left to Robert Burdett in 1773 and later passed to the Calke Abbey estate through an exchange agreement in 1821. The tenant at the time the wall and bee boles were built was William Woodward. A receipt for bricks required to build the bee boles dates them to c1820 and the wall, in its current form, appears on a plan of 1820. The wall containing the bee boles was the southern boundary wall of an orchard, close to a former wildflower garden to the south.

SOURCES Southwood House Farm Vernacular Building Survey by Mary Kerr for National Trust 1989 International Bee Research Association Register of Bee Boles (no.1003) at www.ibra.org.uk. Accessed 23/09/2008 Foster A.M. Bee Boles and Bee Houses 1988

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION The garden wall with bee boles at Southwood House Farm is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

  • Date and Historical Interest: the relatively precise dating of bee boles is a rare occurrence and adds important historical interest to this set. Rarity: eleven bee boles in a set is unusual and considered to be rare. Group Value: the bee boles are integral to the Southwood House Farm ensemble of buildings.