Description

REDCAR KIRKLEATHAM
NZ 52 SE
4/73 Bastion and adjoining
ha-ha wall, 150m. north
23.6.52
of Kirkleatham Hall Farm.
G.V. II*

Bastion and adjoining ha-ha wall, early/mid C18, as garden ornaments and for
defence against threat of invasion by French privateers. Dressed sandstone;
brick internal vault, flanking wall and parapet to external stair. Gothick
style. Short tapered circular tower. Round openings with mock
cannon-barrel surrounds in square recesses, in north and west sides, that in
east side now missing. Pointed doorway in south side. Corbel table
supports projecting parapet, originally embattled but merlons and embrasures
now missing. Flat paved roof has remains of surrounding benches. Stair and
bridge/porch, adjoining south side, now partly demolished. Interior has
segmental-vaulted ceiling. Ha-ha wall runs west for 120m, from north side
of tower. West end of wall missing or obscured by forestry work. Disused
and dilapidated at time of resurvey. Bastion shown with bridge/porch and
stair intact in N.M.R. photograph AA53/12864:1953.

Listing NGR: NZ5957022077

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534281

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