South Boundary Wall To The Mansion House, The Tower House, Orchard House And The Beeches And Including Gate House

5405 TQ 2816-2916 30/73A

HURSTPIERPOINT WEST FURLONG LANE South Boundary Wall to the Mansion House, The Tower House, Orchard House and The Beeches; and including Gate House

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Garden boundary wall and small attached gate house. C18, partly heightened in early C19. Knapped coursed flints and red brick details including brick base courses partly exposed, brick lacing courses, crenellations, capping and gatejambs. The wall forms the southern boundary to the gardens of The Mansion House, High Street (q.v),No 74 High Street (The Tower House) (q.v) and The Orchard House and The Beeches in West Furlong Lane, all originally part of the grounds of The Mansion House. The wall is in two lengths separated by the gateway to The Tower House. The taller, western length (c.3.00m high) is capped in brick with widely spaced brick crenellations and has a short but higher return at the south west angle of the grounds built over a brick archer recess. The length of wall to the east of the gateway has a heavy weathered brick capping projecting over a brick dentil course. The small gate house to the west of the gateway stands higher than the wall with a hipped tiled roof and a tile hung south wall pierced by an opening with a wooden shutter. Wall and gate house listed for group value in West Furlong Lane formerly known as West Foreland Lane.

Listing NGR: TQ2817716363