Retaining Wall On The Terrace To The Terrace To The South East Of Endsleigh House

The retaining wall, built around 1810 by Humphry Repton for the 6th Duke of Bedford, is located on the terrace to the southeast of Endsleigh House, which was formerly known as Endsleigh Cottage. Constructed from Hurdwick stone rubble with rough capping stones, the wall supports the flower beds above the terrace. It features round-headed rusticated blind arches with keystones, arranged in groups of three between wide pilasters. The wall is right-angled and taller at the south end, where a large round-headed blind arch creates a recess that once held a rustic seat. Repton's landscape designs at Endsleigh complemented Sir Jeffry Wyatville's work on Endsleigh Cottage, and the terrace offers one of the finest views of the house. The combination of the house and landscape has been described as embodying "the whole meaning of Picturesque." The wall is also illustrated in the Endsleigh Red Book from 1814.