Vineyard Retaining Walls And Tower Approximately 120 Metres To North And North East Of The Vineyard

SJ 5829-5929 SJ 58306 29288 11/62

HODNET C.P. HAWKSTONE PARK

Vineyard retaining walls and tower approx.120 metres to north and north-east of The Vineyard

GV II

Vineyard retaining walls and tower. Late C18. Dressed yellow/grey sandstone on living rock. Rock-cut terrace approximately 270 metres long with central circular tower in a Gothick style. Tower with high plinth and cruciform loop openings. The terrace and tower form part of a vineyard, one of the works carried out in Hawkstone Park by Sir Rowland Hill in the late C18. There is a further, smaller, rock cut terrace to the south (q.v.) and a series of smaller earth terraces (not included on this list) below that. Most of the park, with the majority of the ornamental buildings and structures lies in the adjoining parish (see under Weston-under-Redcastle C.P.). The Vineyard (shown on O.S. map as Vineyard Cottage) is not included on this list. Arthur Oswald, Country Life, July 3, 1958, pp. 18-21 and July 10, 1958, pp. 72-75.

Listing NGR: SJ5830829288