Garden Wall And Statue To East Of Highnam Court, Running Up To Billiard Room

The garden wall and statue to the east of Highnam Court, which runs up to the Billiard Room, were constructed in the mid-19th century for T. Gambier-Parry. The wall features English bond brickwork with ashlar dressings and stands approximately 2.2 to 2.7 meters high, topped with plain stone capping. It extends about 4 meters from the Billiard Room to the east and includes a square rusticated pier with a moulded cap and a gadrooned urn, mirroring a gate on the opposite side.

Between the piers, there is a moulded stone surround with a semi-circular head set into the wall, featuring wrought-iron double gates with infill above. Above the gates is a scrolled broken pediment in stone, which displays a mid-19th century coat of arms in reconstructed stone, likely made of Pulhamite. To the right of the gateway, there is a vertical joint in the brickwork, indicating that the top of the wall has been lowered with a 100mm offset in the face, located about 9 meters from the Billiard Room.

A semi-circular niche, approximately 6.5 meters further east, has a moulded surround and a half-dome, with the wall sweeping up above it. Inside the niche, accessible by one stone step, is a 17th-century stone statue of Hercules, standing on a square base, holding a club and a lion skin. The wall continues for an additional 11 meters to another rusticated pier. The first part of the wall and the gateway date back to the 17th century, while the second part is from the 19th century and largely forms the back wall of a conservatory that has since been demolished. The statue is believed to have originally been placed in a niche on the south face of the house.