Unicorn Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 May 1983. Gateway.

Unicorn Gate

WRENN ID: sombre-flagstone-wren
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Richmond upon Thames
Country: England
Date first listed: 25 May 1983
Type: Gateway
Source: Historic England listing

Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 05/10/2017

TQ 1876 10/6

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW Unicorn Gate

(Formerly listed as Unicorn Gate, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS)

II Late C18 or early C19 figure. Piers perhaps later. A single entrance rusticated. Portland stone gateway with segmental arched head and mutule cornice hood bearing a figure facing south, of an unicorn couchant, chained with open crown collar. Figure whitewashed but probably terracotta, as lion is. Possibly once adorned a single gateway with the lion of Lion Gate.

Listing NGR: TQ1878276732

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