Terrace And Attached Ha Ha Wall Immediately South Of Bretton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1988. Terrace, wall.

Terrace And Attached Ha Ha Wall Immediately South Of Bretton Hall

WRENN ID: gilded-nave-pearl
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Wakefield
Country: England
Date first listed: 6 May 1988
Type: Terrace, wall
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SE21SE WEST BRETTON PARK ROAD (south side, off)

8/83 Terrace and attached - ha-ha wall immediately south of Bretton Hall

GV II

Terrace and attached ha-ha wall. Probably 1811-14 (date of remodelling of hall q.v.) for Col. Thomas Richard and Diana Beaumont. Ashlar. Battered, vermiculated retaining walls with terminal buttresses. Balustrade with vase balusters and heavy moulded rail. Low, square ashlar piers, with sunk panels and flat moulded caps decorated with acanthus carving. The main piers are larger and have limestone panels with relief carvings of Italianate romantic figures. The retaining wall extends westwards as the ha-ha.

Listing NGR: SE2835012727

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