Gate Piers, Wing Walls And Bridge Over Moat To The Old Hall

The gate piers, wing walls, and bridge over the moat leading to the Old Hall date to the 17th century and are constructed of ashlar buff sandstone. The wing walls are short and tall, with triangular coping along the top. They flank the gate piers, which are designed with a squashed T-shape in plan and ovolo mouldings along each edge. The piers are topped with a weathered capstone and later, 20th-century cubic finials featuring diamond-shaped panels. A 20th-century wrought iron gate opens onto a bridge with low parapets spanning a recessed segmental arch. A flagged walkway runs across the bridge. One parapet turns and acts as a revetment wall to the moat, connecting with the house.

The original hall, built in the late 16th century, was originally accessed by a drawbridge, which was likely replaced by these structures around 1660, coinciding with an extension of the hall.