Monument record 1902/2/1 - Walled garden to the East of Peel Hall

<1> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), 1986, Peel Hall (Report). SCH2626.

Walled garden to the east and north-east of Peel Hall. Fragmentary remains of two rectangular stone-walled garden compartments. RCHM suggest that these belong to early C17 house, since they conform precisely in size and orientation with the house and contain in their north sides two degraded and blocked gateways

<2> Turner, R C, 1986, Peel Hall, An Artisan Mannerist Puzzle in Cheshire, 136/27-37 Turner R C 1986 (Article in Journal). SCH8669.

Original but reduced and blocked garden walls survive in the garden walls to the east side of the present building, which looks up the valley of the Ashton Brook.

<3> Varey, Sharon M, 2016, Keys to the Past: Unlocking the Secrets of the Landscape of Peel, p.145-148 (Article in Journal). SCH8668.

"The present stable area to the north-east was probably a former walled courtyard or garden….the remains of one of two former gateways which are in direct alignment and form part of the walling in this area. The footings of a larger gateway beneath the east garden wall were discovered by the owner in 2015. This is centrally located along the east wall of the former garden/courtyard area directly in front of the house and aligned with a central main entrance. Lack of evednece to suggest there was a carriage driveway leading to the house from the east might indicate the gateway was a visual attraction rather than a functional accessway"