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

The garden walls, gates, and steps surrounding the front garden and the north side of the garden at Manesty (No. 40) in Saltburn were built around 1907 for Major HR French, likely designed by the architectural firm Cackett & Burns Dick. These structures serve as retaining and parapet walls for the terrace at the back of the house and the raised western end of the garden.

The walls are made of roughly dressed snecked stone, with ashlar dressings, and feature timber gates. The front wall facing the street is approximately 0.5 meters high and includes square piers topped with ball finials that support the main gates, along with intermediate piers that have rounded coping. The garage entrance is marked by square timber posts and a later wrought-iron overthrow. The gates to both the house and the garage have closely spaced struts in the lower sections and wider spacing above, with a swept top rail.

The higher wall along the north side of the garden is topped with roughly dressed round stone coping. The retaining and parapet walls for the house terrace and the raised section of the garden, as well as the path leading from the lower level to the greenhouse at the west end, are all designed in a similar style with flat stone coping. The steps leading to the west garden are curved and extend from a quadrant recess in the retaining wall. This layout is a fine example of garden design in the Vernacular Revival style for a villa.