Garden walls and gateways to west of Talbot Hotel

The garden walls and gateways to the west of the Talbot Hotel date from the early 18th century, with some late 19th-century alterations that reuse earlier materials.

The inner face of the wall is primarily made of 18th-century red brick, with some larger 19th-century bricks, generally arranged in English Garden Wall bond. The outer face consists mainly of coursed, squared limestone rubble, while the archways are constructed from Hildenley limestone ashlar. The flat coping is mostly stone, but includes some concrete elements.

The wall is approximately 2.5 meters high and steps up the hill, extending west for about 100 meters before turning south for around 30 meters. Near the center of the western wall, facing the west entrance to the Talbot Hotel, is a prominently designed square-headed archway featuring radiating stone voussoirs and heavily rusticated jambs. The outer west face of this archway is plain, with a simple flat arch made of stone voussoirs. The archway is infilled with brick on the inner face and stone on the outer face.

Additionally, near the center of the wall along Yorkersgate, there is a similar archway, although it has been repositioned. This archway features stonework on the northern outer face and brickwork with a gauged flat arch on the southern face. It is not blocked but is closed with a later iron gate.