Screen Wall At North East End Of Caversham Court Recreation Ground

The screen wall at the north-east end of Caversham Court Recreation Ground dates from the early to mid-19th century and is likely designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. This Gothic structure is constructed of flint with an ashlar and brick basement, standing about 10 feet high, topped with a stone coping and featuring occasional pinnacles. The south side includes brick lacing courses and four lancet windows to the left. The entrances are framed by three bays on each side, supported by weathered buttresses and decorated with ogee-shaped panels. The wall returns to the north in brick with a chamfered coping and includes a gateway that presumably once linked to a stable court. This gateway features an ogee-headed archway with an ashlar front to the south, flanked by four bays with brick-lined ogee panels. A section of the wall was realigned in the early 20th century. The attribution to Pugin is based on the recollection of Marianne Loveday, a former leaseholder.