Wall To West Of The Hall, With Steps, Piers And Gates

NZ 33 SW BISHOP MIDDLEHAM CHURCH STREET (East side)

7/3 (inset) Wall to west of The Hall, with steps, piers and gates GV II

Garden wall with steps, piers and gates; extends from north boundary of the Hall garden, along Church Street and along boundary with graveyard of Church of St. Michael to point c.200 metres south of the Hall where ground falls away. Interrupted by gates and gate piers at entrance to Church Street, and steps and gate piers at entrance to churchyard.

Late C17 wall, early C18 piers, mid C18 gates. Wall thinly-rendered rubble, mostly limestone with brick coping; piers and steps ashlar; wrought iron gates.

Wall to Church Lane c.4 metres high at north end, partly retaining garden; as lane ascends the wall reduces to c.2 metres; along churchyard it is c.1.3 metres high on east and 3 metres on west, retaining churchyard. Southern stretch has coping of brick laid on sides flanked by sloping bricks laid wide faces uppermost, forming shoulders. Side steps from garden to churchyard entrance, which has 2 tall slender square piers with cornices and stepped coping. Entrance to Church Lane formed by corniced square piers, with moulding below top bands, and plain square coping; scroll brackets from wall coping, and eroded leaf brackets on inner pilasters.

Gates curve gently up to piers, and have spiked head dogbars and principals.

Listing NGR: NZ3283031260