Balustrading And Steps Immediately South Of Cowley Manor

COWLEY COWLEY VILLAGE SO 9614

10/85 Balustrading and steps immediatel south of Cowley Manor

GV II

Steps and retaining walls to terraces south of Cowley Manor. Probably built c1860 for James Hutchinson. Ashlar. Retaining walls to three terraces; centrally placed double flight of steps from the upper terrace; single flights of steps at the centre of the other terraces. Pedestals with urns, some now lost, to the upper terrace; steps down with foliate scrollwork to the balustrade; pilasters becoming pedestals on the south side of the steps, two retaining urns; small rectangular panels to the pilasters decorated with the figures of the four seasons. Stone bench seat at the eastern end of the upper terrace. The retaining wall to the middle terrace also retains some urns. (Country Life 4.8,1906)

Listing NGR: SO9646414615