Description

STANWAY STANWAY VILLAGE
SP 0632-0732
13/125 Garden Wall, to south of
Stanway House
GV II
Garden wall. Probably late C17 or early C18. Ashlar wall.
Wall extends about 43m away from gatehouse along side of road:
turns at angle to run about 40m along lane to Estate Yard.
Section by road about 4m high, vertical joint to gatehouse:
plinth, capping in 3 courses, sloping outwards towards road,
overhanging wall at foot. Three paired oval openings, moulded
surrounds with keys. At corner wall reduces in height to about
2m, with flat top: blocked doorway near far end, flat stone
lintel. On garden side ground much higher: oval openings at back
of rectangular recesses, moulded, eared surrounds. Between
openings are small recesses with ogee heads, 5 in all. Stub of
demolished wall extending at right angles to first section at
corner: lower wall thickened slightly at far end. Walls appear
on Kyp engraving of 1712.
(Atkyns, The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire, 1712;
D. Verey, Gloucestershire, the Cotswolds, 1970)

Listing NGR: SP0612332314

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26384112

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