Gate Piers, Gates And Boundary Walls To South Of Widcombe Manor is a Grade I listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. A Georgian Gate piers and walls.
Gate Piers, Gates And Boundary Walls To South Of Widcombe Manor
- WRENN ID
- iron-stair-hawk
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1972
- Type
- Gate piers and walls
- Period
- Georgian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CHURCH STREET Widcombe (West side) Gate piers, gates and boundary walls to south of Widcombe Manor (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET, Widcombe (West side) Forecourt walls, balustrading, gate piers & iron gates at Widcombe Manor House) 11/08/72
GV I
Boundary walls, gatepiers and gates. c1727. Ashlar. On central axis to south front of Manor (qv) fine pair of wrought iron gates with slender divided dogbars, and spearhead rails to concave gatehead, hung to large square rusticated piers on moulded bases, mainly concealed by later rise in road surface, and to moulded cappings carrying heraldic beasts with castellated crowns, set high on inner face of right hand pier cast iron cage with bell. To each side short quadrant of low ashlar wall, crowned with railings, and stopped to square capped piers. To right coped boundary wall c2-2.5m high, with two small steps taken back to south-east corner of Manor House front. To left boundary wall flanks road, and returned inside gardens as part of balustrade (qv) to west of forecourt. SOURCES: The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: North Somerset and Bristol: London: 1958-: 125. Pevsner architectural Guides: Forsyth M: Bath: 2003: 219-220.
Listing NGR: ST7596063865
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