Folly In Garden Of The Vicarage 50 Metres West Of House

ROMSEY CHURCH LANE 2. SU 3421 and SU3521 Folly in garden of the Vicarage. 50 5/251 metres west of House.

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Folly. Mid C19 re-using mediaeval masonry features, mainly C12 and C15, removed from Romsey Abbey (qv) during restoration. Ashlar and rubble by Benjamin Ferrey as decorative feature in garden to west of house. Folly is a screen extending to north from partial enclosure against the side of the south boundary wall of the Vicarage (qv) constructed in three phases. The largest element is a C15 five light arched window with perpendicular tracery flanked by C19 buttresses in rubble with a C15 buttress with ashlar offsets on the south side. The enclosure adjoining to the south has a two-light perpendicular window on the west side and a three light screen on its north side made up from C15 window fragments. Adjacent in the angle of the south return of the garden boundary wall is a C12 doorway with the inner order of a moulded semi-circular arch and carved capitals on the south side. Other minor mediaeval fragments incorporated. Group value with the Vicarage (qv).

Listing NGR: SU3502621280