Description

TG 20 SW SWARDESTON GOWTHORPE

6/109 Garden walls and
gate piers immediately
south-west of
Gowthorpe Manor House
q.v. 6/108

II

Garden walls and gate piers, C16-C18, brick and flint. Walls enclosing
garden c.30 x 35m.. Gateway to south of 2 large rusticated brick piers
with overhanging caps having small stone ball finials. Wall to west of
gate piers partly of whole flint to external face; brick in irregular bond
to internal face; 2 shaped brick gables (former attached buildings lost).
Wall to east of gate piers with rebuilt external face; internal face of
C18 brick in Flemish bond. Interior faces of return walls to west and east
of brick, both with 4 small segmental headed recesses; external face to
east return of English garden wall bond, small semi-circular headed doorway
to north; external face to west return of broken flint, erratics and some
limestone, with later brick to upper courses; wide attached plinth to north
of C17 brick. Enclosing wall to north of brick to internal face and broken
flint with re-used dressed limestone to external face; pergola of 4 square
columns of stone dressed flint.

Listing NGR: TG2081402283

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26463768

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