Garden Wall, 70 Metres South West Of Helmingham Hall

TM 15 NE 4/82 9.12.55

HELMINGHAM HELMINGHAM PARK Garden wall, 70m south-west of Helmingham Hall

GV II

Garden wall; 1749, by Robert Rodwell, bricklayer, for the 4th Earl Dysart. Red brick, mainly in English bond; heavy gabled terracotta copings. The wall encloses a rectangular garden, about 100m x 70m. The north east side is open, but a screen wall spans the garden about 30m from the north east end. Main walls about 2.5m high; at each corner is a square pier surmounted by a limestone eagle. Central to the north west and south east walls are gateways with a pair of similar eagles on piers, and each with a wrought iron gate. The screen wall is about 2m high, with piers at 7m intervals, each surmounted by a limestone urn. At the centre of the wall is a gateway with wrought iron gate, side panels and crown; the heavy square piers each have a black winged horse's head, the Tollemache emblem. The walled garden is surrounded by a moat. Included as Grade I in the H.B.M.C. Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

Listing NGR: TM1859657574