Oxford Lodges To Basildon Park With Gates Gatepiers And Flanking Walls

SU 67 NW BASILDON READING ROAD (south-west side)

2/14 Oxford Lodges To Basildon Park, With Gates, Gatepiers And Flanking Walls.

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Entrance lodges, gates, gatepiers and flanking walls. 1776-87, by John Carr, altered in 1842 by J.B. Papworth. 2 gates: 1842. Cast iron with spearhead railings and dograil. 2 gatepiers: 1776-87. Ashlar with channelled rustication and cornice. Heightened in 1842 by the addition of putti supporting urns with fruit. Short linking walls to left and right with plinth, cornice and pedestrian gateways with architraves and cast iron gates. 2 lodges, inner blocks:1776-87, heightened in 1842. Ashlar with plinth and string course. Cornice and parapet to slate roof with central moulded stack. Octagonal plan. Arched glazing bar sash to north-east with imposts and architrave. Rectangular carved panels on each face below cornice with garlands and lion masks. Outer blocks:1776-87, stack and porch to rear of 1842. Ashlar with plinth. Cornice and parapet to pyramidal slate roof and stack. Square plan. One glazing bar sash to north-east with chamfered reveals, one glazing bar sash to rear, and entrance with 4-panelled door in angle to rear. Flanking walls: C18. Ashlar and white brick, approximately 2.5 metres high and 50 metres long stepped forward with quadrant corners. Stone coping and square end piers. Basildon Park, The National Trust, 1982.

Listing NGR: SU6124478495