Description

NY 76 SW PLENMELLER WITH WHITFIELD UNTHANK

3/196 Terrace walls,
balustrades and steps
to north of Unthank Hall
GV II

Terrace walls, balustrades and steps. Probably mid C19 but brought to Unthank
c.1900. Rock-faced masonry with ashlar dressings. Terrace retaining wall has
rounded projections at east end, in centre and at north-west corner, from which
it returns south for a short distance. Balustrade with urn balusters and flat
moulded coping, between tooled ashlar piers with urn finials; some finials
replaced by carvings of birds and animals. Flights of steps in centre and at
each end of wall. Further flights from drive down onto terrace, in centre
and near west end. Each flight of steps flanked at head and foot by low piers
with urn finials.

Listing NGR: NY7297563055

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26590157

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)