Wall Approximately 160 Metres East Of Wheatbrig'S House

This is a wall located approximately 160 metres east of Wheatbrig's House. It dates from the early 19th century or earlier and is constructed of limestone and brick. The wall stands about 4 metres high and stretches roughly 100 metres long, running in a north-south direction with a change in angle at the center. The northern half is made of grey limestone featuring three bands of white blocks alternating with grey, while the southern half is built of brick in English bond, consisting of one course of headers to six courses of stretchers, with the limestone blocks continuing along. The top is finished with gritstone or ashlar coping. This wall forms the eastern boundary of the large enclosed garden that served Studley Royal, which is depicted on the tithe map of 1838. The garden, protected by this wall, likely contained glasshouses and fruit trees and may have also enclosed nursery beds for the numerous trees needed for John Aislabie's planting scheme in the 1720s and beyond.