Lion Gate is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1972. Gateway.
Lion Gate
- WRENN ID
- night-wall-gilt
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 November 1972
- Type
- Gateway
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SAFFRON WALDEN
TL53NW AUDLEY END ROAD, Audley End 669-1/3/334 Lion Gate 01/11/72 (Formerly Listed as: AUDLEY END Lion Gate)
GV II*
Principal gateway to Audley End House (qv). Re-built 1786. Oolitic stone, now colourwashed. Central large carriageway and smaller side footways, all with semicircular arched heads set between inner and outer piers with recessed panelled pilasters, footways have walling with recessed panels above. Attic storey over central arch has inscription panel with date of 1786 and surmounting Coade stone gorged lion on a chapeau inscribed `Coade, London'. Also, draped oval Coade stone urns surmount the flanking piers. Lower terminal piers also have smaller similar urns, to W of Coade stone, to E in imitation. The date, 1616 is set in the spandrels of the centre gate arch. Wrought-iron, leaf decorated 2-leaved gates to each archway with subsidiary iron gate piers to central archway. All paired gates have a dropped swept centre and spear head railings. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Ratcliffe E: Essex: London: 1965-: 65).
Listing NGR: TL5233238023
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