Doorway Re-Erected In Rock Face Approximately 100 Metres To South East Of Boston Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1986. A C17 Doorway.

Doorway Re-Erected In Rock Face Approximately 100 Metres To South East Of Boston Castle

WRENN ID
carved-latch-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Country
England
Date first listed
19 February 1986
Type
Doorway
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SK49SW ROTHERHAM BOSTON PARK

5/10 Doorway re-erected in rock face approximately 100 metres to south-east of Boston Castle - II Re-erected door surround. Early-mid C17, resited C19. Limestone architrave and aedicule set within brick panel. Bolection-moulded architrave infilled with brickwork and flanked by panelled pilasters with plinth blocks and acanthus- carved consoles. Heavy, moulded, segmental pediment with springers breaking forward. Important relic associated with the College of Jesus buildings (College Street, q.v.) but which must date from their conversion into a mansion in the C17. An early illustration shows this doorway as one of a pair set within a ruin (Guest, opp. p16). J. Guest, Historic Notices of Rotherham, 1879.

Listing NGR: SK4306491466

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