Gatehouse And Flanking Walls,To Leyhill is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1984. A 1850s Gatehouse.
Gatehouse And Flanking Walls,To Leyhill
- WRENN ID
- hidden-step-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1984
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST 69 SE TORTWORTH TORTWORTH PARK
1/136 Gatehouse and Flanking Walls, to Leyhill G.V. II
Gatehouse and flanking walls. Circa 1850 by S.S. Teulon. Coursed rubble with Bath stone dressings; flat roofs concealed behind embattled and pierced parapets. Central 4-centred arch with enriched spandrels; flanking buttresses; the parapet is pierced by letters which read "WELCOME" and is flanked by octagonal ashlar turrets which have crested parapets and an ogee dome with a finial. To either side of the arch are 2 single storey rooms with a 2-light casement window and embattled parapet. From these,the walls, of pierced quatrefoil balustrades on ashlar footings, extend approximately 15 yards to the south and then return 10 yards to the west, and 20 yards to the north. (The Builder, 29.10.1853 and 19.11.1853; Country Life, 13.5.1899).
Listing NGR: ST6938792518
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