Terrace Balustrades And Steps To North And West Of The Manor House

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH

SS7149 EASTERN BEACH, Lynmouth 858-1/4/70 Terrace balustrades and steps to north and west of The Manor House

GV II

Terrace balustrades, retaining walls and steps. Late C18 or early C19. Limestone ashlar, rubble. A wide grassed terrace to W and N of the house is contained by low rubble retaining walls approx 1.5m high, carrying a balustrade with round balusters between square piers in bays approx 2.5m wide. The balustrade begins opposite the SW corner of the house, returns N, with a set-back beyond the frontage, in 2 runs of 5 bays each. The N return again sets forward opposite the house frontage, and contains at its E end a straight flight of 13 stone steps, with a return in 2 bays towards the house, finishing to a further flight of 9 steps, contained by a ramped wall returned to a square pier with weathered capping. The service range, set below the terrace level, is contained by a wall rising to the height of the balustrade, and returned in a segment to the NE corner of the main range. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SS7246249603