Churchyard Walls And Attached Curtain Wall Between Coach House And Elvaston Castle

The churchyard walls and attached curtain wall between the coach house and Elvaston Castle were built in the early 19th century by James Wyatt for the Earls of Harrington, with some mid-19th century elements and 18th century gates. Constructed of ashlar, the curtain wall connects to the churchyard wall at a right angle to the western tower of the central gateway. The churchyard wall is low, featuring a tapering plinth and ridgeback copings. At the northern end, there are two plain stone piers with ridgeback copings and a flight of steps leading into the churchyard. Between the piers is a pair of 18th century wrought iron gates with scrolled center panels.

The curtain wall includes a wide double chamfered pointed arch leading into the courtyard, topped with machicolated embattled parapets. On the eastern side, there is a two-storey tower with embattled parapets, featuring a pointed Y-tracery window with a hoodmould on the ground floor and a smaller untraceried window above. Further east, there is a recessed section of walling with three similar single-light windows, stepped buttresses in between, and plain parapets above a coved cornice.

The tower to the west of the gateway is similar to the eastern one but larger, with an embattled corner turret at the southeast corner. Beyond this, there is additional walling facing the courtyard, which differs from the eastern wall. This section has a depressed pointed arch at the center, flanked by stepped buttresses, and on either side, there are four-centred arched doors with incised spandrels and returned hoodmoulds. The wall is topped with plain parapets and ridgeback copings.