A prognosis for our swirls

Christopher Bate of the BEO writes in response to the question about our swirls:

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Once the central area of Beech Gardens (shown in attached photo from top of Shakespeare Tower) is opened up again, it will be possible to appreciate the swirling pattern of the tiles which follow the line of the raised beds, fountain etc. Where the swirls are complementary to the aesthetics of the raised beds, as shown in the photograph taken from Ben Jonson, these would be recorded as part of the levels surveys and replicated during the paving reinstatement works.

My understanding is that the paving tiles are technically part of the hard landscaping and therefore fall within the estate-wide statutory grade 2 listing, rather than the non-statutory grade 2* listing on the register of parks and gardens and which applies to the “soft” landscaping, i.e. soil, planting, trees etc.

Regards
Christopher

That view from the top