Walls enclosing service yard at Talacre Abbey, with steps to garden

The walls enclosing the service yard at Talacre Abbey date from the 18th century and are constructed of coursed dressed masonry. They form a stone-paved rectangular courtyard on the north side of the service wing. The walls feature parapets with moulded saddleback copings. The north wall includes a narrow wall walk with an iron railing on the outer side. The main west wall has a wider pathway, beneath which are Tudor arches at both ends.

At the south end, the archway leads beneath the parapet walkway to stone steps located at the northwest corner of the service wing. The balustrades of these steps terminate with low octagonal piers, although the caps or urns are missing. At the north end, the archway opens to a covered passage beneath the parapet walkway, which contains a small chamber at the south end. This passage also connects to a second, smaller rectangular enclosure on the west side, which has three arches opening on the east side from the passage.

On the south side of this enclosure, there are two lintelled bays, which include a ramped chute in the parapet wall. A similar chute is found in the west wall, and in the northwest corner, there is a doorway leading to the garden. At the north end of the west parapet walk, stone steps lead to the garden, consisting of two straight flights with low balustrades and terminal piers, topped with flat copings.