Description

ST 77 SW COLD ASHTON C.P. HAMSWELL

8/14 Range of garden walls and piers
and steps about 5 metres east of
- Hamswell House

II

Garden walls and steps, C18, defining layout of formal gardens. Limestone rubble
and freestone, and ashlar. Ashlar wall with coping along terrace has central
steps in freestone with wreathed end to walls and coping; walls ramped down to
north and south, with segmental-headed openings with keystone and cornice, square-
headed to outer sides, walls in rubble below terrace level, all with coping, and
ashlar pilasters at intervals, about 3 metres high. To east, 2 semi-circular
ashlar recesses with cornice, each with rectangular unglazed window opening, and
adjacent steps to lower terrace each with pair of square piers with raised panels
and flat top with moulded edge at top and bottom; piers and steps to north skewed,
moulded top of string to steps.

Listing NGR: ST7320971486

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515238

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