Tunsgate is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1953. Gateway.

Tunsgate

WRENN ID: over-fireplace-blackthorn
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Guildford
Country: England
Date first listed: 1 May 1953
Type: Gateway
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SU 9949SE GUILDFORD HIGH STREET (South Side) 8/98 No. 128 (Tunsgate) 1/5/53

GV II

Former Cornmarket, now pedestrian gateway. 1818 by Henry Garling, rear wall re- built and front columns re-sited in 1933. Portland stone front with ashlar inner walls and brick tile rear wall. Tuscan portico with paired columns on pedestals supporting pediment above with Guildford Coat of Arms, cornucopia and agricultural symbols in tympanum pilasters behind columns. Rusticated inner walls with central arched panel with impost mouldings. Square windows on left hand wall flank the arch, those on the right hand wall are blind. Door to centre of left hand side under cornice hood. Rear elevation of 3 arches. Photographs in N.M.R.

PEVSNER: BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, SURREY (1971) p.285. M. ALEXANDER: GUILDFORD AS IT WAS (1978)

Listing NGR: SU9979649460

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