Garden Walls, Piers, Steps, Sundial, Balustrade And Urns Attached To North West Of Nailsea Court

The garden walls, piers, steps, sundial, balustrade, and urns are located to the northwest of Nailsea Court. The walls date from the 16th century, with extensions from the 18th and 19th centuries. The steps, balustrade, and urns are from the late 19th to early 20th century, while the sundial is dated 1655 and has likely been repositioned. The walls are constructed of rubble, some featuring stone coping, and the piers, steps, balustrade, and urns are made of limestone. The sundial has a bronze plate set on an octagonal limestone shaft.

The original range of walls extends about 40 meters to the west and stands approximately 3 meters high, built in random rubble. The east-west range includes a doorway to the east and an arched recess to the west, which may have been a bee-bole in the south-facing wall. The wall turns south and extends about 10 meters further, stepping down once and featuring a segmental-headed door to the south. This section continues at about 2 meters high for another 20 meters with stone coping.

To the southeast, the walls enclose a rectangular garden, reaching about 4 meters high in two north-south ranges, ramping down at the east and west sides. The north range has a central pair of square rusticated piers with flat tops and moulded edges, about one meter high, topped with 19th-century stone urns. There is a 20th-century wooden gate and four steps leading down to garden level, flanked by walls. At the northwest corner, there are two additional piers with urns and a balustrade between them. At the south end of the garden, the wall ramps down to a central 20th-century wooden gate.

In the south garden, there is a centrally placed sundial with a gnomon, featuring a face of the sun and the inscription "non sine lumine," resembling a sundial at Macquarie Farmhouse, North End, Yatton. A low wall extends about 27 meters to the east, featuring a stone balustrade and rusticated piers with two urns, ramping down to the east with a terminal pier and a flight of nine steps.