Enclosure Wall To Gardens Of Greenbanks Hallcroft And The Bungalow (Not Inc)

BAKEWELL

SK2168 BAGSHAW HILL 831-1/4/5 (South side) 20/05/74 Enclosure wall to gardens of Greenbanks, Hallcroft and The Bungalow (not inc.) (Formerly Listed as: BAGSHAW HILL MAIN SECTION (South side) Stone Wall opposite Bagshaw Hall Entrance)

GV II

Garden wall formerly to Bagshaw Hall (qv). C17, altered C19. Coursed sandstone. Forms boundary to rectangular enclosure approximately 50mx40m on south side of Bagshaw Hill opposite Bagshaw Hall; the enclosure is subdivided by a north-south retaining wall with lower ground to east. Roadside section: over 2m in height with large quoins at west end and 2-course triangular copings; later pedestrian opening and a C17 quoined and chamfered gateway with cross-boarded oak doors beneath stone lintel. East end of roadside wall altered to make C20 vehicle entrance. On south side of the enclosure the C17 wall ramps down with falling ground and is essentially complete. On west side the wall retains higher ground but its south end has been broken through and altered. On the east side of the enclosure the wall is of later date, and of rubble limestone construction. Area within the walls now occupied by Greenbanks, Hallcroft and The Bungalow, which are not included.

Listing NGR: SK2162768597