Description

ST 77 NW DYRHAM AND HINTON C.P. DYRHAM PARK

5/152 Walls, steps and urns attached to
north west wing of Dyrham House
G.V.
II

Walls, steps and urns. C18 and early C19. Limestone rubble with stone
dressings. Wall about 5 metres high and about 45 metres long at garden section,
defines boundary between garden and adjacent churchyard; curved at east end, with
moulded stone coping and ashlar pilasters at intervals; on south face, 2 round-
headed recesses with small keystone, large impost blocks below string course. In
each recess, an early C19 urn on plain pedestal, foliate bowl with female figures
as handles. Wall changes direction to north for about another 45 metres,
buttressed, becoming lower to accommodate the slope of the ground, plain coping
and 4 pennant steps at north west leading to churchyard. (Sources: Verey, D. :
Buildings of England Gloucestershire : The Cotswolds. 1970. Kenworthy-Browne,
J. : Dyrham Park. 1983. Country Life 14, 434-441, XL 546-552, CXXXI 335-339
and CXXXI 396-399).

Listing NGR: ST7413675794

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26577919

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