Revetment To Outer Bank Of Moat Surrounding Helmingham Hall, And Two Attached Bridges

TM 15 NE 4/81

HELMINGHAM HELMINGHAM PARK Revetment to outer bank of moat surrounding Helmingham Hall, and two attached bridges

GV II

Revetments to moat, c.1760. Each section is about 50m long. Red brick. On the north, east, and west arms, the walling rises about 0.5m above water level with a sawtooth band beneath a gabled coping. (Part of the east arm has lm high walling). On the south side the wall rises to about 2.5m above water level and has semi-circular brick on edge copings. At each corner is an obelisk surmounting a square pier. At the centre of the south side is a bridge in cast iron, added by John Nash (in the Gothick manner) c.1800. Octagonal brick piers rise from the moat to carry the main span. The elliptical arch beneath the bridge has open arched infill to the spandrels, and the sides of the platform have a quatrefoil frieze. Open arcaded balustrading. A short span connects the bridge to the south bank, but the drawbridge is the only link with the main gatehouse 2m to the north. A second near-identical bridge spans the east arm of the moat near the north end; its terminal piers on the east bank are octagonal and also by Nash.

Listing NGR: TM1868957653