Garden Wall, With Statues And 2 Sets Of Gate Piers, Adjoining To East Of Lartington Hall

This garden wall, with statues and two sets of gate piers, adjoins the east side of Lartington Hall. It dates to approximately 1867 and was likely designed by J.A. Hansom, who is reputed to have laid out the gardens. The statue of the Muse of Literature is signed by R. Borrowdale of Barnard Castle.

The wall runs eastwards for around 55 metres, attached to the hall's porte-cochère, and includes gate piers centrally and at a right angle to the eastern end, serving as a park entrance. The wall's exterior face is of rock-faced stone, while the garden face is of red brick bordered by buff brick with stone bands and coping. The wall is 1.0 metre tall at the west end, rising to 2.5 metres to the east, with a ramped section at the east end. The exterior face features a chamfered plinth and sloped coping, with buttresses on the garden face. Each rusticated buttress is topped with a krater-shaped urn, an orb finial, or a carved stone statue. From west to east, the statues depict a young, robed man with his foot resting on a beehive, holding a bowl; the Muse of painting, palette in hand, with the other hand holding a laurel wreath on a herm; a small boy with two fish; Venus; a lady with a pitcher in hand and a platter of fruit on her head; and a young boy with a bird.

The tall, rusticated gate piers have corniced caps. The central set is surmounted by life-sized statues of Hercules and Bacchus. The gate piers at the park entrance are surmounted by statues of Demeter and the Muse of Literature.

The structures are included on the list for their group value.