Terrace Retaining Wall Gate Piers Gates And Steps Approximately 7 Metres South East Of Ford House

The terrace retaining wall, gate piers, gates, and steps located approximately 7 metres southeast of Ford House date back to the early 18th century. Constructed from red brick with red sandstone coping, the structure has a T-plan and measures about 51 metres in length and 2 metres in height, returning at the northeast end.

A flight of eleven grey sandstone steps leads directly from the southeast door of the house and is flanked by a 19th-century cast iron balustrade. At the ends of the house, there are two square brick piers topped with stone caps, each featuring a moulded cornice and a large globe finial. Beneath the terrace, there are two barrel-vaulted brick chambers flanking the steps, both equipped with stone hingeblocks, although there were no doors at the time of the survey in July 1985. The northeast chamber has a segmental-headed entrance and an arched recess in the rear wall.

The wall returns to the southeast at the northeast end, sloping down to a gateway that features a wrought-iron gate and a square brick pier with chamfered coping. The structure then returns to the northwest with a flight of ten brick steps leading up to a pair of wrought-iron gates, which are also flanked by square brick piers, each with stone caps that include moulded cornices and large globe finials.