Gatepiers And Gates Approximately 80 Metres South East Of Great Tew House

GREAT TEW NEW ROAD SP3929 (East side) 10/38 Gatepiers and gates approx. 27/08/56 80m. SE of Great Tew House (Formerly listed as Great Tew Park together with dovecote, Stable quadrangle with gateway and garden walls) GV II* Gatepiers and gates. c.1700, probably for Francis Keck. Limestone-ashlar piers with wrought-iron gates. Large square piers have moulded plinths and cornices, sides ornamented with richly-moulded fielded panels, and each pier carries a fine garlanded stone urn with gadrooned cover. Contemporary wrought-iron screen includes 2 standards from which hang a pair of gates with scroll work panels; a scrollwork lock rail continues across the side panels, and the standards carry cornices and finials. An elaborate overthrow includes repousse work and a central shield of arms. Probably re-sited when the Jacobean mansion was replaced by the present house. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.XI, p.227; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.627; C. Hussey, "Great Tew, Oxfordshire - I", Country Life, July 22, 1949).

Listing NGR: SP3979729001