Front Courtyard And South Terrace Walls And Gazebos, At Parnham

BEAMINSTER PARNHAM ST 40 SE 4/127 Front Courtyard and south terrace walls and gazebos, at Parnham GV II*

Courtyard and terrace walls. c.1910 in C17 style. Stone ashlar walls with stone balustrade and coping, divided by square piers with tall pyramidal ball-finials. Tall square piers to bay 3 (north) with heavy moulded cornices and ball-finials. Similar piers on south side. Main entrance piers on east side, square with vermiculated "Gibbsian" detailing. Eclectic entablatures, and stone boars on top holding coats-of-arms. Terrace walls on south front, with same details as front court. Round corner gazebos, plinth with stone bench inside, carrying seven pseudo-Roman Doric columns. Stone entablature with shallow saucer-domes, and openwork coronet with finials. 2 sets of steps down to lower level. Lions mask fountain-head. 2 narrow water-channels with cascades beside steps, coped stone parapets at sides with urns over piers. Balustrade at end of bottom terrace. Listed Grade II* for Group Value.

Listing NGR: ST4746400279