Screen, Gates And Gatepiers

MONKS KIRBY NEWNHAM PADDOX PARK SP48SE 8/20 Screen, gates and gatepiers 06/10/60 (Formerly listed as screen and gates at Newnham Paddox Park) - I

Shown on Ordnance Survey map as Gateway. Screen, gates and gatepiers. Early/mid C18 with additional gatepiers of c.1873. Cast and wrought iron. C19 piers of banded rusticated brick with moulded limestone plinths, cornices and caps. Attributed variously to the Roberts brothers with side gates by Robert Bakewell, and to the Davies brothers, but V.C.H. states that they are from a Spanish monastery and were brought here from Berwick House, Shrewsbury in 1873. Central segmental-headed pair of gates are mostly plain but with ornamented dog and lock rails. Side panels of scrollwork. Very elaborate overthrow of scrollwork and acanthus leaves has central shell, coat of arms and dragons. 4 piers, approximately 5.5 metres high, of square section have scrollwork and acanthus leaves, attached foliage and flowers, and solid caps surmounted by square vases of flowers. Large screen panels to left and right are largely similar to the gates but with a large circular panel of radiating ornament projecting at the top, and some scrollwork. Scrollwork and acanthus overthrows have bearded head finials. Lower side gates are in a different style and may be by a different designer. Semi-circular heads with ornament, and flanking scrollwork panels. Scrollwork overthrows have openwork vase crests. Doric piers of bar work have solid caps crowned with openwork urns on plinths. Scrollwork panels to left and right. C19 piers have short wall curving down from tall inner pier to lower outer pier. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.VI, p.174; Buildings of England: Warwickshire, p.357).

Listing NGR: SP4799483482