Garden Walls At Besthorpe Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1951. Garden wall.
Garden Walls At Besthorpe Hall
- WRENN ID
- ghost-rubblework-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1951
- Type
- Garden wall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TM 09 NE BESTHORPE
2/53 Garden walls at 21.7.51 Besthorpe Hall
G.V. II
Garden walls. Brick. Late C16. Defines tilting ground to west of house with walls to north and south, part walled to east and a ha-ha retaining wall to west. Walls in English or mixed bond on plinth with saw toothed eaves cornice and moulded coping. Summerhouse abuts east side of east wall probably mid C17. Entrance arch to kitchen garden has polygonal engaged columns on square plinth either side of moulded arch carded on imposts. String course links heads of columns over arch. Overthrow above with 2 circular lunettes. Kitchen garden wall runs to south, returns east and again to north, each side with similar arch. Arch in entrance courtyard late C20 copy. 2 gate piers in courtyard C18 with pineapples as finials. 2 others C20 copies.
Listing NGR: TM0670095485
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