Wall Of Shalford Hall

TL 7229 SHALFORD BRAINTREE ROAD (east side)

6/44 Wall of Shalford Hall

GV II

Wall. C17 and early C18. Red brick with half-round moulded coping. Encloses an irregular quadrilateral garden SE of the C20 Shalford Hall, beginning approx. 25 metres SE of Shalford Hall and extending 10 metres to the NE, 78 metres to the SE, 70 metres to the SW, 72 metres to the NW, 12 metres to the NE, and 24 metres to the NW. Height mostly 2-4 metres on the outside, ground level raised on the inside. Mostly of English bond; the NE wall is of Flemish bond with diaper designs in flared headers forming diamonds. The SW wall includes some packing courses of red clay tiles. Blocked wickets in NE and SW walls. In the SE wall a 13 metre gap has been closed in Flemish bond. Shalford Hall, late C16 and C17, was recorded by the RCHM (2), but was severely damaged in the Second World War, and demolished before 1960.

Listing NGR: TL7253629151