Description

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.

Listing NGR: NZ3217476300

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293248

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