Garden Walls And Railings West And South Of Portobello Including Pedestrian Gate And Piers To Carriage Gate

TQ 67 41 BRENCHLEY HIGH STREET, BRENCHLEY (north side) 15/91 Garden walls and railings west and south of Portobello including pedestrian gate and piers to carriage gate GV II

Garden walls, railings, garden gate and piers to carriage gate. Probably C18 or early C19 in origin with late C19 ironwork. Garden walls Flemish bond brick, the section to the south on a ragstone plinth. Cast iron railings and gate piers.

Plan: The wall and railings form the boundary to the garden west and in front of Portobello (q.v.), the gate piers flank the entrance to the Cottage (q.v.), formerly the stable block, with a further section of wall to the garden to the south.

Exterior: Low brick walls to the garden immediately in front of the house with iron railings with verticals of square section with elaborate spear finails ornamented with scrolls; similar design to garden gate. The gate piers flanking the gateway to the cottage are fluted columns with depressed bulbous finials, one is stamped Hill and Smith, Baterley Hill.

Included for group value with Portobello and a contribution to the streetscape of an outstandingly attractive village.

Listing NGR: TQ6781841913