Gateway And Garden Walls At Brantinghamthorpe

The gateway and garden walls at Brantinghamthorpe date from the mid to late 19th century and feature large reset panels from the early 18th century. Constructed from rubble and ashlar, the round gateway is distinguished by a dropped and fluted keyblock, flanked by Ionic pilasters. The left spandrel displays a fleur-de-lis, while the right features the Rose of England. Above, there is a pulvinated frieze, a modillion cornice, and a scrolled pediment adorned with central and flanking obelisks topped with ball finials. To the right, a scrolled console supports a balustraded parapet on the rubble wall, while the left side has a ramped coped parapet. A rusticated pier with a moulded cornice holds a giant urn on the far left. The garden wall includes ramped coping and regular coped dwarf piers, decorated with mythological panels featuring cupids, ribands, and swags. This structure is included for its group value.