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Balustraded Retaining Wall with Gateways, Steps and Ha-Has to Rear of Woolverstone Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Woolverstone, Suffolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.003 / 52°0'10"N

Longitude: 1.1975 / 1°11'51"E

OS Eastings: 619573

OS Northings: 238662

OS Grid: TM195386

Mapcode National: GBR VPV.HKK

Mapcode Global: VHLC0.PXYF

Entry Name: Balustraded Retaining Wall with Gateways, Steps and Ha-Has to Rear of Woolverstone Hall

Listing Date: 29 July 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1036945

English Heritage Legacy ID: 277326

Location: Woolverstone, Babergh, Suffolk, IP9

County: Suffolk

District: Babergh

Civil Parish: Woolverstone

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Woolverstone St Michael

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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Listing Text

TM 1938 WOOLVERSTONE WOOLVERSTONE PARK
7/47 Balustraded retaining wall
with gateways, steps and
- ha-has to rear of
Woolverstone Hall
GV II
Retaining wall with gates and ha-has. 1850s by W A Nesfield for Berners family.
Artificial stone and brick with cast and wrought iron gates. Rusticated ha-has
from 1-2 metres in height. Rusticated walls surmounted by balustrades. Opposed
gateways have corniced piers with banded ball finials. Central gates flanked
by railings with fleur-de-lys bars and spearhead dogbars. Gates with central
oval and scrollwork. Forms part of garden layout illustrated in Gardeners
Chronicle 16.2.1867 p158.

Listing NGR: TM1957338662

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