Monument record TQ 55 SW 385 - Upper High Street Gardens, High Street, Sevenoaks

The gardens, originally a vegetable garden and owned by Miss Joan Constant of The Old House at 18 High Street, were laid out for her as a flower garden by Redgrave and Patrick in the 1930s, before being gifted as a permanent public garden to the town of Sevenoaks to commemorate her parents. A memorial tablet is set into the northern boundary wall. The site is some 0.25 acre (0.10 ha) with a frontage to High Street of 22 metres, is roughly rectangular, and is bounded on its northern side by a wall and on its southern side by the steeply falling Six Bells Lane. The site comprises two areas of similar size, one (the upper garden) adjacent to the High Street and the other (the lower garden) set lower down, as the gradient dictates, towards its western boundary. The upper garden is formally laid out, including a well head with ragstone wall at its centre. The lower garden has a lawn with asphalt path and a small brick and timber shelter. There are various trees, shrubs and flower beds. A low wall with decorative wrought iron railings fronts the High Street. (1)

<1> Sevenoaks District Council, Sevenoaks District Council Local List of Heritage Assets (Index). SKE53505.