East Entrance Gates To Charlecote Park And Flanking Railings And Piers

CHARLECOTE

SP25NE CHARLECOTE PARK 1901-1/2/22 East entrance gates to Charlecote 18/03/97 Park and flanking railings and piers

GV II

Entrance gates and gate piers with flanking railings and piers. 1861. By John Gibson. For Henry Spencer Lucy. Brick with ashlar dressings and wrought-iron. Paired round-headed gates have enriched wrought-iron work including bands pierced with luces and cross-crosslets from the Lucy Arms; flanking wrought-iron panels with finials are attached to brick piers, each with ashlar plinth with roll moulding, large quoins and entablature; the Lucy crest of winged boar's head capping pier to left and griffin's head capping pier to right were restored and reinstated in 1993; both emerge from coronets on moulded bases with egg-and-dart. Low flanking ashlar walls curve forward and have roll-moulded coping and railings with enriched heads, the taller rails with brackets and larger finials. Brick end piers, each with ashlar plinth, angle pilasters with fluting and enriched capitals, and cornice; semi-reclining wild boar. Property of the National Trust. (Charlecote Park leaflet on the Deer Park: 1993-).

Listing NGR: SP2623456382