Walls At Heysham Head To South Of House

The garden walls at Heysham Head, located to the south of the house, are likely from the early to mid-19th century and early to mid-20th century, incorporating some 18th-century stonework. They are constructed of sandstone rubble. The southern wall features a Tudor-arched gateway with a three-light mullioned window to its right. Adjacent to this is a flight of stone steps that leads to an upper level beyond the western wall. The western wall extends northward and includes three niches that hold statues. On the north side, the garden is enclosed by a wall that has three moulded sandstone arches with keystones, supported by four columns with Doric capitals. The western column of the middle arch is buttressed. This western garden wall continues north beyond the northern wall, where it turns west parallel to Heysham Head House and features a blocked doorway with a moulded arched head, above which is a niche. From the western end of this wall, another wall containing two blocked stop-chamfered doorways extends north to meet the southwest corner of the house. The demolition of 20th-century additions to the house has led to some late 20th-century rebuilding of the wall. Heysham Head House was originally called Heysham Lodge and was purchased in 1923 by Septimus Wray, who opened the grounds to the public as Heysham Head Old English Gardens.