2012

TM2858 : Crinkle-crankle wall along The Street, Easton

taken 12 years ago, near to Easton, Suffolk, England

Crinkle-crankle wall along The Street, Easton
Crinkle-crankle wall along The Street, Easton
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book and was linked to the manor of Martley until 1627, when Sir Arthur Wingfield made the 150 acre estate his home. In 1688 Easton was purchased by the Prince of Orange for the Earl of Rochford. The 5th Earl made many improvements before he died in 1830. These included surrounding the Easton Estate and house with its famous crinkle-crankle wall which is believed to be the longest example of this form of wall construction and design. When Easton Hall, the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, was demolished and transported to the USA in the 1920s, to be re-assembled as a ranch, the estate's crinkle crankle boundary wall running alongside the road to All Saints Church remained as a fragmentary remnant of the previous estate.

The term ‘crinkle crankle' is, in origin, a Suffolk dialect term to describe substantial brick walls which are serpentine, or sinuously curving, in form. Sometimes they are known as ‘ribbon walls'. In their most traditional form they were built as a single line of bricks, with the sinuous design removing the need for buttressing, because the serpentine shape provided its own stability.
In the popular mind, crinkle crankle walls are especially associated with Suffolk. LinkExternal link (Archive LinkExternal link )

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Evelyn Simak and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Crinkle-crankle or serpentine walls Automatic Clusters: · Church of All Saints in Easton [30] · Crinkle-crankle Wall [13] · Easton Suffolk [13] ·
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
TM2858, 143 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 16 January, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 16 January, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 2805 5861 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:10.7146N 1:20.0480E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 2800 5860
View Direction
East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image classification(about): Geograph
This page has been viewed about 292 times
You are not logged in login | register