Castellated Garden Walls and Towers at Castell Deudraeth

Sequence of castellated garden walls and towers; of rubble construction. The wall starts at the SW corner of Castell Deudraeth at a height of approximately 4m. It runs in a south-westerly direction for approximately 25m, closing the lawns to the rear of the house on the L side and acting as a high revettment with terrace above. At intervals of roughly 5m are three deep niches set within this stretch, each with depressed brick arch. At the end is a square tower of approximately 8m in height. This has a corner turret to the E and a plain opening with slate lintel to the NE; Gothick pointed-arched windows to the ground and upper floors on the SE (lawn-facing) side.

The wall continues beyond the tower for an equivalent distance, though with fewer crenellations and at a slightly reduced height; in front is a low terrace with 1m revettment, accessed via steps at the tower. The wall then turns a right-angle and steps up beyond an opening onto the low terrace, to continue north-westwards for approximately 15m. At the end of this stretch is a plain, wide opening, beyond which the wall terminates in a part-castellated square tower of approximately 4m in height. This tower is castellated only on the NE and SE (house-facing) sides, and conceals a simple single-storey lean-to store with modern boarded SW side. The wall turns another right-angle at this point and continues for some 22m in a north-easterly direction back towards the house and running parallel with the lower wall. It terminates finally in a tower, as before.

At the end of the lower terrace wall a further low wall adjoins and runs in a wide arc to follow the lane; this steps up and down at 1m and 2m heights variably and eventually terminates in a flight of steps with iron railings beyond towards the SE corner of the house. Approximately two-thirds along the length of this last stretch of wall is a tall, circular turret with open rear.