Thomas, N. (2016). Caerhays Castle Investigation and Conservation of the Battery Arch, Kennels and Walled Garden. Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service. https://doi.org/10.5284/1041314. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Caerhays Castle Investigation and Conservation of the Battery Arch, Kennels and Walled Garden
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Abstract:		 Preliminary assessment and subsequent conservation works to structures at Caerhays Castle, Cornwall were funded by Natural England's Higher Level Stewardship Scheme. These structures comprised the enigmatic and ruinous Battery Arch, as well as a complex of former hunt kennels and the enclosure of a walled garden. Battery Arch is a folly which provided a scenic viewpoint over Porthluney Cove, as well as being a decorative feature within the ornamental park associated with the early 19th century Caerhays Castle. Battery Arch shares some architectural details with the Castle and is therefore likely to be the work of architect John Nash. A scenic promenade route (Battery Walk) included the Arch and a clifftop path to Watch House Point. Archaeological investigation works revealed the site of the original turret stairs to the viewing platform above the arch, and also uncovered the slate flagstone floor of the platform itself. The kennels and garden are hidden away in a valley to the north of the Castle. The walled garden was developed from an orchard in the 1840s and was later equipped with greenhouses and potting sheds. The northern walls of the enclosure are of cob with an interior facing of brickwork. These cob elements are in poor condition; conservation works were concentrated on their slate copings (to slow down the rate of decay and repair of collapsed elements of the masonry walls). The greenhouses were outside the scope of the project except where ventilators through the wall could be conserved. The kennels site comprises three kennels, their pens/yards, plus a feed house containing a boiler. Historic map evidence suggests these were established in the 1860s and it that they had already been extended by 1879. Conservation works included clearing and consolidation of floors, rebuilding of collapsed wall faces and repair of the copings on the yard walls..
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Author:		 N Thomas
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Publisher:		 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2016
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Site: Caerhays Castle
County: Cornwall
District: Cornwall
Parish: ST MICHAEL CAERHAYS
Country: England
Grid Reference: 196800, 42200 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 196680, 42080 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 197230, 41350 (Easting, Northing)
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POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FOLLY (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) GARDEN WALL (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) KENNELS (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: cornwall2-264551
OBIB: Report no 2016R065
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017