Boundary Walls And Transverse Wall Enclosing Former Kirkleatham Gardens

The boundary walls and transverse wall enclosing the former Kirkleatham Gardens date from the mid to late 17th century. The north wall has been partly rebuilt and raised in the 18th century, while the east end was partially rebuilt in the late 20th century. The west wall has been raised by two courses, with its middle section partly rebuilt in the mid to late 19th century. The south wall was rebuilt in the mid to late 18th century, and its south side was refaced in the mid to late 19th century, including a short return at the west end from the mid 19th century. The middle wall has also been partly rebuilt in the mid to late 18th century and at the west end in the mid to late 19th century.

Constructed of brick with stone dressings to the gatepiers and flat stone and concrete copings, the high north wall features pilaster strips on its north face. There is a blocked central entrance with gatepiers that have moulded plinths, cornices, and caps, although the finials are missing. A slightly projecting side entrance with a blocked round-headed opening is located at the west end, while a matching entrance at the east end was rebuilt in the late 20th century with plain piers and renewed timber double gates, also missing finials. The lower east and west walls have pilaster strips on their outer faces, with the east wall lacking coping and several upper courses missing at the south end, where a section has been demolished south of the house.

The south wall contains three round-headed openings, with several copings missing and sloping down to the lower west wall. It was a heated wall, retaining three square-ended iron shafts for control handles in stone surrounds on the north face, west of the middle opening, likely used to control dampers in the wall's core. The middle wall also slopes down to the lower west wall at the west of the round-headed opening, with the east end demolished and most copings missing. Remains of bothies adjoining the north face of the middle wall, as well as the remains of a house and walls adjacent to the east wall, are too ruinous to be of special interest. At the time of resurvey, the gardens were disused and the walls were in a dilapidated state.