Balustrade, Gate Piers, Gate And Cistern To East Of Hamsterley Hall

The balustrade, gate piers, gate, and cistern located to the east of Hamsterley Hall date from the 17th century and were moved around 1925 from Beaudesert, Staffordshire. The structure features two sections of sandstone ashlar balustrade along the front of the garden, with a central cistern and gate piers and gates at the left end. The balustrade has brick alcoves and is supported by dwarf ashlar walls that hold diabolo balusters with flat stone coping. Each section has pilastered central panels, which include some small eroded statues, flanking the brick alcoves that face the house. The low octagonal cistern has nosed coping. The tall gate pier on the left is square and corniced, topped with a ball finial, while the right pier has collapsed. To the left of the left pier, there is a short wall with a serpentine spear-headed railing featuring a spiked center. The gate, attached to the left pier, consists of square-section linked scrolls with a serpentine top.