Walling And 2 Gateways 20 Metres North West Of Place Farmhouse

TL 85 NW and TL 86 SW 4/64 and 1/64 14.7.55

HAWSTEAD PLACE FARM Walling and 2 gateways 20 metres north-west of Place Farmhouse (Formerly only gatepiers listed with Hawstead Place under General)

G.V. II

Walling, C16; probably for Sir William Drury. 70 metres long, with returns of 40 metres towards the east at either end. Red brick, in English bond, about 3 metres high, with massive moulded clay copings. Constructed to enclose the garden of Hawstead Place, which was demolished early C19, but whose moated site remains to the east. A gateway inserted c.1675, probably for Sir Thomas Cullum; pair of gatepiers of red brick in a mixture of Flemish and English bond; about 4 metres high, with niches at low level having semi-circular heads of gauged brick. The piers surmounted by a heavy cornice, and a cupola with ball finial, all of carved limestone. A similar but plainer pair of gatepiers in a short southward arm of the C16 wall, which is attached at its south end to Place Farmhouse.

Listing NGR: TL8419559923