Wall And Gates To Entrance Courtyard, Stanway House

The wall and gates to the entrance courtyard of Stanway House were likely built around 1630 and are constructed from ashlar stone. The wall is designed in an 'L' shape, surrounding two sides of the courtyard, connecting the gatehouse to the house, with a gateway in the center of each side. The wall stands approximately 2.75 meters high and features a ridged stone coping in two courses with a roll ridge. The wall steps up on either side of the gateways, with the coping returning up the vertical face of the step.

The gateway opposite the house door has double doors that are accessed by two stone steps. These doors have applied ribs and a fluted fan top with a semi-circular head. The gateway is flanked by projecting, rusticated quoins, and the voussoirs are stepped on the outer face, topped with a large keystone. Above the gateway, there is a moulded string course and cornice leading to a raised wall, which is framed by a broken scrolled pediment that features a rusticated pier, a moulded top, and a shell finial, with additional shell finials at the foot of the pediment.

The gateway opposite the gatehouse features a wide archway with a four-centred arch. It is flanked by rusticated piers and has plain impost blocks, rusticated spandrels, and a large keystone. A broken pediment frames a central block with a semi-circular recess, which has a plain impost block running around the back of the niche and a moulded surround to the semi-circular head. The top is moulded with a shell finial above, and there are larger niches on either side of the archway similar to that in the pediment. The structure appears to have been built alongside the gatehouse and may have been designed by Timothy Strong. One of the gates leads to the churchyard.