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Latitude: 53.6103 / 53°36'37"N
Longitude: -1.573 / 1°34'22"W
OS Eastings: 428350
OS Northings: 412727
OS Grid: SE283127
Mapcode National: GBR KVGP.7J
Mapcode Global: WHCBB.TJ43
Plus Code: 9C5WJC6G+4R
Entry Name: Terrace and Attached Ha Ha Wall Immediately South of Bretton Hall
Listing Date: 6 May 1988
Last Amended: 21 June 1990
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1135499
English Heritage Legacy ID: 342579
ID on this website: 101135499
Location: Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF4
County: Wakefield
Civil Parish: West Bretton
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Woolley St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SE21SE WEST BRETTON PARK ROAD
(south side, off)
8/83 Terrace and attached
- ha-ha wall immediately
south of Bretton Hall
GV II
Terrace and attached ha-ha wall. Probably 1811-14 (date of remodelling of
hall q.v.) for Col. Thomas Richard and Diana Beaumont. Ashlar. Battered,
vermiculated retaining walls with terminal buttresses. Balustrade with vase
balusters and heavy moulded rail. Low, square ashlar piers, with sunk panels
and flat moulded caps decorated with acanthus carving. The main piers are
larger and have limestone panels with relief carvings of Italianate romantic
figures. The retaining wall extends westwards as the ha-ha.
Listing NGR: SE2835012727
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