Gatepiers and walling at Cors y Gedol Hall

To the south of the gatehouse and the main range at Cors y Gedol Hall, there is a stretch of mortared rubble walling topped with shaped raking coping. This wall features three pairs of gatepiers: one directly opposite the entrance arch of the gatehouse, and one flanking each end of the wall to provide access to the main driveway that runs in front of the hall. It seems unlikely that vehicles ever approached directly through the gatehouse.

The gatepiers are square in shape and made of dressed, coursed stone, each topped with an advanced cap and a globe finial on a shaped obelisk with a stepped raking base. The side walls of the garden, which run north of the outermost gatepiers, are similarly designed to the southern wall.

Cors y Gedol has been the seat of the Vaughan family and the focal point of a significant estate since at least the early 16th century. Over the years, successive generations of the Vaughan family have built and enhanced the house, its outbuildings, and grounds. The garden walls and gatepiers were likely constructed in the late 17th century or early 18th century as part of an ambitious development and remodeling project led by Richard Vaughan, who inherited the estate in 1797 and was responsible for creating the main driveway to the house and grounds.