Balustraded Wall, Gate Piers And Gates To King Edward'S School is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 2010. Wall, gate piers, gates. 1 related planning application.

Balustraded Wall, Gate Piers And Gates To King Edward'S School

WRENN ID
sharp-baluster-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 2010
Type
Wall, gate piers, gates
Source
Historic England listing

Description

BROAD STREET (West side) Balustraded wall, gate piers and gates to King Edward's School

GV II

Wall, gatepiers and gates. c1760 alignment altered c1884, with C20 addition. Probably by Thomas Jelly, as the main building (qv). MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar with wrought iron. Six rusticated piers with three lengths of dwarf wall with four faced bulbous balusters and moulded coping. Balustrades wall C20 replacement for wrought iron railings. Two wrought iron gates with spear heads. Piers to main entrance have cornice caps and are topped by urns with acanthus decoration and Vitruvian scroll. Three of other piers have vases with foliate decoration and pine cone finial, one pine cone missing. SOURCES: W. Ison, The Georgian Buildings of Bath (1980), 90; Bath & North East Somerset Record Office: Building Control drawing G50: 8 August 1884).

Listing NGR: ST7501865089

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