Garden Walls To East, North And West Of Manesty (Number 40)

SALTBURN, MARSKE AND NEW MARSKE

NZ6620SW MARSKE MILL LANE, Saltburn 802-1/12/51 (West side) Garden walls to east, north and west of Manesty (No.40)

GV II

Garden walls, gates and steps along street side of front garden, north side of garden to rear of Manesty (qv). c1907 for Major HR French, probably by Cackett & Burns Dick. Forming retaining and parapet walls to terrace to rear of house and to raised west end of garden. Roughly dressed snecked stone walls, steps and piers with ashlar dressings; timber gates. Front wall to street is approx 0.5m high and has square piers with ball finials supporting main gates; and intermediate piers with rounded coping. Garage entrance has square timber posts and later wrought-iron overthrow. Gates to house and to garage have closely-spaced struts to lower sections, and wider spacing to upper with swept top rail. Higher wall along north side of garden has roughly-dressed round stone coping. Retaining and parapet walls to house terrace; retaining walls to raised end section of garden and to path from lower level to greenhouse at west end, all in similar style but with flat stone coping. Steps to west garden are curved in plan and sweep out from quadrant plan recess in retaining wall. A fine example of a garden layout for a villa in the Vernacular Revival style.

Listing NGR: NZ6609420461