Hillfield Gardens is a public park on London Road, Gloucester, England. It houses several historical monuments. The description in December 2020 stated: "Now a Council-owned public park covering about 1.6 hectares, Highfield Gardens is supported by an active Friends group which organises annual events".[1]
History
The gardens were originally part of
Denmark Road school. The garden contains 3 mature redwood trees and a large oak tree which are among the oldest trees in Gloucester.[3]
A BBC article from August 2013 discussed the restoration of the entrance to Hillfield Gardens: "cleaned and repaired the stone piers supporting the gates, and new balustrading was fitted. The metal gates were also cleaned, repaired and repainted".[4]
Entrance Gates
The entrance gates to the gardens are
gate lodge.[6] In 2013, The gates were renovated, costing £14,000. The stone pillars were cleaned and repaired and new railings were fitted. The iron gates were cleaned, repaired and repainted.[7]
St Mary Magdalen's chapel
Remains of St Mary Magdalen chapel
There is a disused chapel located on the east side of the park, It is a Grade II* listed building.
wing walls on the east and west sides. It was built around the 18th century, in the grounds of Marybone House. Its arcades and architectural details are said to come from a 14th Century Medieval market house in Westgate Street called the King's Board which was demolished in 1780. The building was moved in the mid 19th century to the grounds of Tibberton Court. In 1936, the monument was moved to its current location in Hillfield Gardens.[11]
Scrivens Conduit
Scriven's Conduit in Hillfield Gardens
Scrivens Conduit is an elaborate Grade II* listed
Gothic influence. It was originally built in 1636, for Alderman John Scriven in Southgate Street as a conduit head over a piped water supply running from Robinswood Hill to the centre of Gloucester. It was removed in 1784 and rebuilt in a garden in Dog Lane. In the 1830s, the conduit head was moved to Edgeworth Manor. In 1937, it was given to the city of Gloucester and rebuilt in Hillfield Gardens.[13]
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