Description

HENDERSKELFE THE STRAY
SE 76 NW
SE 7169 (both sides)
Castle Howard
7/74 Walling to park south of
12/74 gatehouse (formerly listed
as "Gate House Walling")
25.1.54
GV I
Walling with interval towers running east-west for approximately one mile,
immediately south of the Pyramid Gate (qv). c1723 by Sir John Vanbrugh for
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle. Limestone ashlar to central section,
rubble to outer sections. Wall approximately 4 metres in height with
plinth, buttresses and tapering upper courses. Square and circular interval
towers of varying designs. Hussey C, English Gardens and Landscapes 1700-
1750, 1967. Lees-Milne J, English Country Houses: Baroque 1685-1715, 1970.
HBMC, Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England,
Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade I.

Listing NGR: SE7061169476

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17526084

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