Enclosing Wall And Gatehouse To Waxham Hall

TG 42 NW SEA PALLING WAXHAM

3/52 Enclosing wall and 16.4.55 Gatehouse to Waxham Hall

G.V. I

Enclosing wall with gatehouse. Circa 1570. Flint with ashlar dressings. Encloses Hall complex on north, east and south sides. Flint wall with brick coping tiles. At corners are octagonal ashlar piers with octagonal turrets rising to crested finials. In centre of north-east return a C16 gatehouse. Polygonal piers enclose 4-centred arch, moulded and within square surround with hoods on labels. Spandrels are carved with encircled quatrefoils and cusped mouchettes. String course below plain parapet. Polygonal piers with ball finials, finial to south side missing. Interior arch of gatehouse similar except the spandrels contain coats of arms. From interior a subsidary wall runs to south-east corner of house enclosing garden. Similar subsidary wall runs from north-west corner of house to north return of main wall and is pierced by doorway into garden. Doorway in form of rectangular pedestrian opening below concave pediment. In centre raised relief carved with heraldic devices and swags. Jambs decorated with carved heads set within oval broken surround. At base of jambs carved grotesque heads on pedestals.

Listing NGR: TG4406226343