Gatepiers And Side Gates To Leighton House

Gate piers, quadrant walls and side gates, forming the entrance to Leighton House. First constructed between 1842 and 1886, but altered and possibly partially rebuilt subsequently.

The piers are of ashlar, the walls of roughly-coursed rubblestone. Paired inner gate piers, connected by quadrant walls to outer piers. All piers are tall, with bases, and moulded capping with ball finials. Set into the quadrant walls, stone plaques bearing the Laverton arms: three six-pointed mullets with five garbs in the first quarter, the motto being 'Basis virtutum constantia'. The park walls, leading to the outer piers, are ramped. The ornate cast-iron side gates with rich acanthus decoration and lamp overthrows were probably installed after 1888, for William Laverton. The central gates have been replaced, and the flat central overthrow, bearing the initials 'RCB' (Regular Commissions Board) is a modern addition.