Garden Walls To East And North Of The Old Rectory

The garden walls to the east and north of The Old Rectory date from the 18th century and include a wellhead dated 1909, likely designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The east wall is constructed of brick in stretcher bond, while the north wall is made of rubble with cut stone dressings, forming an L-plan. The tall east wall features a flat stone coping that ramps down at the south end to a low terminal pier, with the north end of the wall being from the 20th century. There are various internal buttresses present. The north wall, which faces the road, has similar coping and ramp-downs. Near the east end of the north wall, the wellhead has a round arch with a hollow-chamfered hood supported by foliage-carved stops, enclosing a recessed panel with a Latin inscription in memory of Eustace Smith. Below this, a slab with decorative tooling is supported by half-round pilasters that flank a bronze tap. The lower section of the north wall, located to the west of the ramp-down of the coping, has been patched and altered and is not considered of special interest.