Garden Walls And Gate Piers At Sutton Scarsdale Country Club

The garden walls and gate piers at Sutton Scarsdale Country Club were built in 1745. They are constructed of brick with sandstone dressings. The design features an octagonal plan, with the main entrance side protruding and curved side walls. The main entrance has stone gate piers topped with ball finials, and there are additional stone gate piers on the opposite side of the enclosure. The walls include brick buttresses and stone copings, with the brickwork laid in Flemish bond. Where the ground slopes, the brick courses are aligned parallel to the slope. On the outer side of the second pier to the left of the entrance, there are three bricks inscribed with the names Godfrey Clark Esq 1745, Charles Smith, Bricklayer (?) 1745, and Joshua (?) Golnack (?) Bricklayer (?) 1745. These walls were originally built to enclose the kitchen gardens of Sutton Scarsdale Hall, and in 1884, kennels were added within the enclosure.