Pair Of Gate Piers 30 Metres South Of East End Of Church is a Grade I listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. A Post-medieval Gate pier.

Pair Of Gate Piers 30 Metres South Of East End Of Church

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1985
Type
Gate pier
Period
Post-medieval
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SU 46 NW HAMSTEAD MARSHALL PARK LANE (East Side)

15/8 Pair of Gate piers 30 metres South of East end of Church

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Gate piers. Early C18. Brick with stone dressings. Pair of tall square piers with stone plinth base and moulded stone plinth cap. Stone corniced caps surmounted by carved stone vases with swags, fruit and flowers. east and west faces have arched niches above plinths with stone strings at impost level, stone keys and stone shells in arches and moulded stone panels above niches. north and south faces have brick pilasters for gate hinges, wall or railings, capped by stone moulded cornices and scrolls. Gate piers to the former Manor House, built for the Earl of Craven by Sir Balthazar Gerbier and William Wynne, and burnt down in 1718. B.O.E. Berkshire p.152, Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide, p.127.

Listing NGR: SU4200566711

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