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Listed building outline: Ha Ha Wall With Angle Bastions And Statues Enclosing Seaton Delaval Hall And Church Of Our Lady 1041323

Ha Ha Wall With Angle Bastions And Statues Enclosing Seaton Delaval Hall And Church Of Our Lady 1041323

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entry-date: 2013-01-29
listed-building: 1041323
name: Ha Ha Wall With Angle Bastions And Statues Enclosing Seaton Delaval Hall And Church Of Our Lady
notes: SEATON DELAVAL SEATON DELAVAL HALL NZ 3276 13/90 Ha-Ha wall with angle bastions and statues enclosing Seaton Delaval Hall and Church of Our Lady GV II Ha-Ha wall with angle bastions and statues, early C18. Ha-Ha squared stone, bastions ashlar, statues lead on ashlar pedestals. Wall encloses rectangular area 360 x 220 metres, with Seaton Delaval Hall (q.v.) at centre of north side. Wall 2 metres high, circular angle bastions 3.5 metres high, flat coping. Bastions have each contained a classical statue, now removed; Samson slaying Philistine in north-east, removed to garden (q.v.); David and Goliath in north- west, Diana in south-east. Statues on panelled pedestals with plinth and cornice. In south-west bastion only pedestal plinth remains. Diana removed to Orangery (q.v.), David and Goliath away for repair, at time of survey. Wall between north-east bastion and Hall has been rebuilt and is not of special interest. ,
reference: 1041323
start-date: 1987-07-15
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