Churchyard Gateway Approximately 20 Metres East Of The Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1956. Gateway.
Churchyard Gateway Approximately 20 Metres East Of The Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- winding-passage-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1956
- Type
- Gateway
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
GREAT TEW NEW ROAD SP3928 (East side) 12/40 Churchyard gateway approx. 27/08/56 20m. E of The Vicarage (Formerly listed as Gateway leading to Churchyard) GV II Gateway with gate. Early/mid C17; mid C19 gate. Limestone ashlar with cast-iron gate. Gateway is formed from re-used piers which have, on the front, vermiculated banding and break forward to contain shell-headed recesses below oval niches. The head consists of inverted festoons of fruit flanking a double-stepped keyblock; a moulded coping extends over the piers. The rear of the doorway has an angle roll. Probably originally a much wider gateway in the grounds of Great Tew House (q.v.). (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire. Vol.XI, p.244; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.626; C.Hussey, "Great Tew, Oxfordshire - I", Country Life, July 22, 1949).
Listing NGR: SP3977828809
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