Gateway Approximately 25 Metres North Of Tower Of Church Of St Giles

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CHESTERTON & KINGSTON CHESTERTON Gateway approx. 25m N of tower of Church of St. Giles

GV II

The Gateway shall be upgraded to II* and the entry shall be amended to read:-

SP35NE 5/55 07/01/52

CHESTERTON & KINGSTON CHESTERTON Gateway approx. 25m N of tower of Church of St. Giles

GV II*

Gateway. Probably 1630's. For Sir Edward Peyto and copy of a design by Inigo Jones. English bond red brick with moulded, cut and rubbed brick. Classical style. Round arch with keyblock, pilasters, entablature and pediment. Pilasters, wall, and arch have intermittent rustication. It is likely that this gateway was built at about the same time as Chesterton Windmill (q.v.). It is a close copy, at about three-quarters scale, of one of the two churchyard gateways flanking Jones' St Paul, Covent Garden, of 1631, see Vitruvius Britannicus (ii, 1717, pl 21-2).

(VCH: Warwickshire. Vol 5. p.42; Buildings of England, Warwickshire, p.230).

SP35NE 5/55 07/01/52

CHESTERTON AND KINGSTON CHESTERTON Gateway approx. 25m N of tower of Church of St. Giles

GV II

Gateway. c.1650 - 1660. Possibly designed by John Stone. English bond red brick, with moulded, cut and rubbed brick. Classical style. Round arch with keyblock. Pilasters, entablature and pediment. Pilasters, wall and arch have intermittent rustication. Pediment has C20 tiles. The gateway is all that remains of Chesterton House, demolished in 1802. V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.5, p.42; Buildings of England; Warwickshire, p.230).

Listing NGR: SP3569958264