Garden And Yard Walls At Old Park Hall Farmhouse

NZ 23 SW SPENNYMOOR OLD PARK

5/64 Garden and yard walls at Old Park Hall Farmhouse GV II

Garden and yard walls, with gateway and piers, to Old Park Hall farmhouse (q.v.); south yard wall is ruin of Old Park Hall. Mostly early C18, with medieval ruin incorporated. Sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins; brick and render coping on garden wall facing road.

Garden wall polygonal in plan, with gateway at south-east leading from field. Yard wall attached to south-east of garden wall is L-plan, with piers flanking entrance to field in west, and ruin of house incorporated in south. Garden wall c.2.5 metres high, with irregular flat stone coping; quoins at each corner; at south-east a Tudor-arched chamfered gateway with alternate-block jambs and large lintel, all tooled.

Yard wall interrupted by 2 square piers, rebated on inner edges, in west part; south part, one metre high, has wide rectangular chamfered window, with holes for horizontal bars, which survives from manor house.

Listing NGR: NZ2313833098