A gated house enclosed by a huge wall - I wonder who is being walled in or walled out?

I'm always intrigued by houses with nobody in them - this one reminds me of a Joyce Kilmer poem:

I never have seen a haunted house, but I hear there are such things;
That they hold the talk of spirits, their mirth and sorrowings.
I know this house isn't haunted, and I wish it were, I do;
For it wouldn't be so lonely if it had a ghost or two.

Have a good day, my friend :)