Entrance Gates And Piers, Terrace Walls And Steps, Adjoining New Lodge On North Side

BRAY DRIFT ROAD SU 97 NW (south side, off) 10/31 Entrance gates and piers, terrace walls and steps, adjoining New Lodge on north side G.V. II

Entrance gates and piers, walls and steps forming entrance terrace, now enclosing car parking. c 1857 by T Cubitt. Stock brick walls with stone dressings; stone flights of steps and ornaments. 2 gate piers on east side, stone with brick insets. Octagonal roll-moulded shafts on square bases, with moulded plinths. Moulded cornices with floral decoration; surmounted by a griffin clasping a shield of arms, sitting on a 4-stage base, the bottom stage with a quatrefoil carved on each face. 2 wrought-iron gates, decorated with open-circles and scrolls, with an arrowhead top rail. Walls on west, north, and on east with gate piers (q.v.). Projecting plinth with weathered, stone capping; moulded stone coping; slightly projecting piers at regular intervals. A flight of stone steps on the east and west sides, each of 6 steps. Weathered strings; 4 large square newels with moulded plinth and cornice surmounted by urns. At the higher level, smaller U-plan terraces are enclosed by parapet walls of stone, with pierced cusped balustrades and inset leaf ornament. Carved and moulded dies, and moulded coping. The corner newels and piers are surmounted by urns and vases. The top newels on each flight of steps have a pair of small wrought iron gates similar in style to the entrance gates and with rose ornament. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SU9116975075