Ford Castle North Forecourt Wall And Gateway With Laundry And Service Wing Attached To Rear is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Gateway, forecourt wall, service wing. 1 related planning application.
Ford Castle North Forecourt Wall And Gateway With Laundry And Service Wing Attached To Rear
- WRENN ID
- noble-garret-hawthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1988
- Type
- Gateway, forecourt wall, service wing
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
FORD FORD CASTLE NT 9437 17/91 North Forecourt Wall and Gateway with laundry and service wing attached to rear GV II*
Gateway and forecourt wall with laundry and service wing of castle attached to rear. 1791 by J. Nisbet for Sir John Hussey Deleval. Laundry and service wing added mid-late C19 for the Marchioness of Waterford. Ashlar. Wall and gateway Gothick style. Central high pedestrian gateway. It has a pointed arch with imitation portcullis, set in a blank trefoiled arch. Modillion cornice and 3 pierced quartrefoils in the parapet. Left and right castellated walls.
Attached to east end of rear a laundry; single storey, 7 bays. Central boarded door with 3-pane overlight. 12-pane sashes in stop-chamfered surrounds. Gabled roof with Lakeland slates. Interior shows laundry equipment of the period.
Attached to west end of rear the service wing in similar style. Irregular plan with boarded doors, 12-pane sashes and Lakeland slate roofs.
Listing NGR: NT9444837541
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