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Summary

Garden boundary wall, millcombe house. Extends c ss138441 to c ss139439. Probably c 1836 when house was built. Granite rubble with some dressed granite quoins and buttress weathering. About 25 metres long follow an irregular line of the garden and field boundaries. At north end it reaches a height of about 3 metres and over on the east side where the ground level is lower, but the wall is only about 1.5 metres high at its south end. Battlements without coping the entire length. The north end has buttresses, flat on the west side and raking on the east side, and at the extreme north end a pointed arch food gateway with plank door (doe).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS14SW/146/1
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• GARDEN WALL (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1991, Lundy, 2 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV7171.

Former Garden Boundary Wall, Millcombe House, extending from NGR 128441 to 129439
Garden boundary wall. Probably circa 1836 when Millcombe House was built.
Granite rubble with some dressed granite quoins and buttress weathering. About 250 metres long follow an irregular ine of the garden and field boundaries. At north end it reaches a height of about 3 metres and over on the east side where the ground level is lower, but the wall is only about 1.5 metres high at its south end. Battlements without coping the entire length. The north end has buttresses, flat on the west side and raking on the east side, and at the extreme north end a pointed arch food gateway with plank door. Other details: LBS number 91977.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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