Wall To South Of The Woodlands Combe Abbey

COMBEFIELDS COMBE ABBEY SP 37 NE 5/10005 Wall to S of The Woodlands Combe Abbey GV II Boundary wall. c1770-78, with later alterations. By Lancelot (Capability) Brown. Red brick with coping in part and remains of bases for urns. This wall extends south-east of The Woodlands (qv) to the edge of The Pool and is approx 2-3m in height but has the occasional gap or area of collapse. The wall was originally built by Brown together with that to north (qv) of The Woodlands to cut off the area of land bordering The Pool which he had formed into a Menagerie. The area is named as such and the wall is shown in a plan of 1778.

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