Garden Walls, Gates And Gatepiers Adjoining Court House To South

The garden walls, gates, and gatepiers adjoining the Court House to the south are likely from the late 17th century and include a reused 18th-century gateway. There have been minor alterations in the late 20th century. The walls are made of squared and coursed stone rubble with coping, while the sandstone ashlar piers are located to the south. The coping is from the 20th century. These walls enclose a formal garden to the south of the Court House.

The walls project at right angles from each end of the main front, returning a short distance before sweeping forward in two quadrants to create a semi-circular plan, with a central gateway that has been blocked, likely in the late 18th century. The gateway on the left-hand (west) return may have been added in the late 18th century. The gateway in the left-hand side wall may have been inserted or altered in the 20th century. The right-hand (east) wall, which borders the churchyard, possibly incorporates some 16th-century fabric, as seen in the reused gateway.

The quadrant walls are lower than the side walls and ramp up at each end. The wall in the blocked gateway also ramps up to the piers. The central blocked gateway to the south features a pair of ashlar square piers with moulded plinths and cornices. The gateway in the left-hand return consists of a pair of piers topped with fluted stone urns and likely includes an 18th-century wrought-iron gate, which was galvanized in the 20th century, featuring dog bars, scrolled panels, repousse work, and a scrolled crest. The gateway in the left-hand side wall, possibly a 20th-century insertion or alteration, has galvanised 20th-century gates. The 16th-century gateway on the churchyard side features a moulded Tudor arch with carved leaf ornament in the spandrels and a returned square hoodmould, along with a boarded door.