Boundary Wall, Gate Piers And Letter Box At Margaret Beavan Special School

The boundary wall, gate piers, and letter box at Margaret Beavan Special School are notable features made of regularly-coursed squared blocks of red sandstone. The wall, which is 1.5 metres high, begins at the south-west corner of the site and extends 55 metres to the south-east, then 125 metres to the north-east, leading to a King Edward VII letter box, and continues an additional 17 metres to a pair of ashlar v-jointed gate piers. Each gate pier has a moulded cornice and a ball finial. The wall then stretches 120 metres to the north-west, where it includes a tall pair of ashlar gate piers located approximately 85 metres from the south-east end. This section of the wall rises in two ramped steps to reach the gate piers, one of which has a shallow pyramidal cap. Here, the wall reaches about 3 metres in height, increasing to 3.5 metres for the remaining section. Behind the gate pier without a cap, a secondary wall runs alongside the approach to the house, featuring plain stone piers and half-round copings. The gateway is fitted with a pair of spear-headed railed gates. This boundary wall marks the extent of the original garden of the school, which was formerly a villa, and contributes to the group value with the former lodge.