Terrace Retaining Wall, Ha-Ha And Pedestals With Urns Approximately 150 Metres South Of House At Polesden Lacey is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Garden feature.
Terrace Retaining Wall, Ha-Ha And Pedestals With Urns Approximately 150 Metres South Of House At Polesden Lacey
- WRENN ID
- lost-lancet-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Garden feature
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
GREAT BOOKHAM TQ 15 SW
5/61 Terrace retaining wall, ha-ha and pedestals with urns approx 150 metres south of house at Polesden Lacey
GV II
Terrace retaining wall with ha-ha and pedestals with urns. Probably begun 1761 (said to be dated on foundation wall); extended c.1800 for Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Forms the southern boundary of the garden to Polesden Lacey, with a retaining wall of limestone rubble approximately 500 metres long from east to west, and approximately 1½ metres high (with a "parapet" of yew hedging); the eastern half has a projecting central box and equidistant rectangular bays, each of these containing a large gadrooned urn on a high pedestal.
Listing NGR: TQ1378352039
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