Canons Ashby House, Garden Walls Running From North West Corner Of House To Green Court Gates

Canons Ashby House has garden walls that run from the northwest corner of the house to the Green Court gates. These walls were built in the early 18th century and are made of coursed squared ironstone, with some ironstone ashlar and limestone dressings. The high stone wall runs alongside the road to Preston Capes and forms the northern boundary of Green Court. It features stone coping and consoles where the wall meets the northwest angle of Canons Ashby House and at the other end of the Green Court, where it turns to meet a pier at the corner of the court. The pier has a moulded plinth and cornice, plain sides, and an obelisk supported by four stone scrolls. There is also a low stone-coped wall to the park, with timber posts at intervals and pierced finials supporting two wrought iron rails. The stone coping and scroll feet of the obelisk were largely renewed around 1981. This structure is part of an important set of walls, gates, and piers that enclose the early 18th-century formal gardens of Canons Ashby House. The gardens and park are included in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission Register of Gardens at Grade II*.