Garden Walls, Seats And Tunnel To East Of Newstead Abbey

The garden walls, seats, and tunnel located to the east of Newstead Abbey date from the early 18th century and early 20th century. They are constructed of coursed and squared rubble with ashlar dressings. The buttressed walls feature ramped slab copings and are arranged in a C plan.

In the north-west corner, there is a moulded semi-circular seat with an adjoining balustrade from the early 20th century. The north terrace wall includes a lower ramped central section topped with ball finials. To the left, a pair of wrought iron gates is set between square piers, each topped with ball finials. The north-east corner has a view stopper with a ramped crenellated parapet, remnants of a central crest, and a pair of pierced obelisk finials.

The south wall features two square piers, a central tunnel with a keystoned semi-circular head, and an off-centre moulded stone seat. In the south-east corner, there are wrought iron gates on each side, again flanked by square piers and pierced obelisk finials.