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

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