Corner Pier And Garden Wall To South West Of The Old Hall

The corner pier and garden wall located to the south-west of the Old Hall date from the 17th century and the mid-18th century. They are constructed from buff sandstone ashlar and some red brick in English garden wall bond. The corner pier features a chamfered rusticated design on a moulded plinth, topped with a projecting moulded capstone and a stepped top. This pier, which is covered in ivy and is said to display the Stanley crest, stands at the corner of the stone garden wall along Congleton Road. Extending 15 meters to the north and east is the original stone garden wall, which transitions to a 17th-century brick wall with stone coping. At the junction with the Mill dam wall, there is a small gate accompanied by a truncated stone pier, which has a T-shape in plan and ovolo-mouldings on the corners. These structures are remnants of the grand gardens, walls, and bridges that were once part of the estate in front of the major extensions of the Old Hall, which were built in 1754 by Sir Edward Stanley, destroyed by fire in 1779, and later demolished. The listing is primarily for group value.