Terrace Retaining Wall And Pool With Fountain To East Of Broadford

The terrace retaining wall and pool with fountain, located to the east of Broadfold, were likely built in 1877 for John Murgatroyd. The structure features a tall, rock-faced stone retaining wall, primarily constructed of ashlar, which is bowed at the center. The wall includes recessed panels, a modillion cornice, and flanking pilasters that rise into square piers supporting a low balustrade. This balustrade is adorned with vase balusters, and its cornice projects forward beneath square capstones atop the piers. In the bow of the wall, there is a circular pool with a raised corniced rim supported by scallop shell corbels. At the center of the pool stands a fountain with a stepped base and an urn.