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Latitude: 51.2562 / 51°15'22"N
Longitude: -0.3708 / 0°22'14"W
OS Eastings: 513783
OS Northings: 152039
OS Grid: TQ137520
Mapcode National: GBR HG8.336
Mapcode Global: VHFVK.JP9D
Plus Code: 9C3X7J4H+FM
Entry Name: Terrace Retaining Wall, Ha-Ha and Pedestals with Urns Approximately 150 Metres South of House at Polesden Lacey
Listing Date: 24 August 1990
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1378189
English Heritage Legacy ID: 290449
ID on this website: 101378189
Location: Polesden Lacey, Mole Valley, Surrey, RH5
County: Surrey
District: Mole Valley
Electoral Ward/Division: Bookham South
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey
Church of England Parish: Great Bookham
Church of England Diocese: Guildford
Tagged with: Retaining wall
GREAT BOOKHAM
TQ 15 SW
5/61 Terrace retaining wall,
ha-ha and pedestals with
urns approx 150 metres
south of house at
Polesden Lacey
GV II
Terrace retaining wall with ha-ha and pedestals with urns. Probably begun 1761
(said to be dated on foundation wall); extended c.1800 for Richard Brinsley
Sheridan. Forms the southern boundary of the garden to Polesden Lacey, with a
retaining wall of limestone rubble approximately 500 metres long from east to
west, and approximately 1½ metres high (with a "parapet" of yew hedging); the
eastern half has a projecting central box and equidistant rectangular bays, each
of these containing a large gadrooned urn on a high pedestal.
Listing NGR: TQ1378352039
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