Enclosing Walls To North and West Of Hazelbury Manor and Terrace in West Garden, Box, Wiltshire, SN13 (Grade II)

ST 86 NW BOX HAZELBURY

2/147 Enclosing walls to north and west of Hazelbury Manor and terrace in west garden

Walls and terrace, C17 restored, rubble stone and ashlar. High rubble stone north wall with ashlar ridged coping and battlemented curved towers at north-west and north-east angles. North-west tower has inner steps up to stone seat on curved balcony on carved brackets, acting as canopy to curved seat below. Corbelled stone seat on north wall outer face. Centre of north wall has moulded Tudor-arched gateway with strapwork cresting and carved Speke arms. On east side wall returns to rear of the Dower House. On west side wall steps down at terrace and has 2 external buttresses at south end. Terrace attached in west garden, rubble stone base with 8 stone steps up in centre and length of ashlar balustrading each side, turned balusters, panelled piers, moulded rail and some stone urns. Eight sections to left, 7 to right with small return at east end. Terrace is of c1925-26 by Sir H. Brakspear when the rest of the walls were restored.