Gatepiers At Entrance To Forecourt Of Bramham Park With Attached Retaining Wall is a Grade I listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1966. A Early C18 Gatepiers.
Gatepiers At Entrance To Forecourt Of Bramham Park With Attached Retaining Wall
- WRENN ID
- silver-sill-fern
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1966
- Type
- Gatepiers
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BRAMHAM CUM OGLETHORPE BRAMHAM PARK SE4041 LS23 7/26 Gatepiers at entrance 30.3.66 to forecourt of Bramham Park, with attached retaining wall (Formerly listed as Forecourt wall and gatepiers) GV I
Double set of gatepiers, with attached retaining wall to forecourt. Early C18. Magnesian limestone ashlar, and coursed rubble. Gates at outer entrance guarded by a pair of sphinxes mounted on rectangular pedestals, these linked by low walls, L-shaped in plan, to a set-back pair of massive clustered piers, which have pilasters on 4 sides and detached columns on 3 sides, all these decorated with vermiculated bands, with joined-up entablature and very prominent cornice, and each surmounted by an heraldic beast displaying a shield and looking towards the house. Included in the item is the straight retaining wall running from the outer side of these piers for the full width of the forecourt; this wall is of rubble, with a rounded coping.
Listing NGR: SE4093941778
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