Garden Walls With Gate Piers And Gates To South And North Of Dougill Hall

The garden walls with gate piers and gates to the south and north of Dougill Hall were likely built around 1722, around the same time as the hall itself, for I and E Dougill. Constructed from coursed grey gritstone, the south piers are made of ashlar, and there are wrought-iron gates. The garden wall encloses the front of the house on the west, south, and east sides, with the piers and gates located at the center of the south side. The enclosed area measures approximately 30 metres long and 20 metres wide. The wall is about 1.5 metres high on the south side, rising to 2.5 metres high at the sides, and features moulded ashlar coping. The piers stand approximately 2.5 metres high and have roll-moulded chamfers, a deep cornice, and pyramidal finials. The gates, which may be 20th-century work, include bars, dogbars, and horizontal top rails. A low rear wall curves and is about 1.2 metres high, with solid gate piers that have faceted finials.