Retaining Walls To Terrace, Terminating At The West End In A Raised Square Over A Vaulted Undercroft is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1983. Retaining walls.

Retaining Walls To Terrace, Terminating At The West End In A Raised Square Over A Vaulted Undercroft

WRENN ID
tangled-cobble-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Gloucestershire
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1983
Type
Retaining walls
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ST 78 SE SODBURY LYEGROVE 2/120

Retaining walls to terrace, terminating at the west end in a raised square over a vaulted undercroft GV II

Probably mid-C19. In the form of Renaissance fortifications. Coursed rubble with ashlar coping. Embrasures at wide intervals. At the west end the walls enclose raised square "terreplain", with corner bastions. Under the square is a long barrel vaulted storage chamber, possibly an ice-house entered from field level.

The terrace might have been a bowling green.

Listing NGR: ST7749881612

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