Gates, Doors, Piers And Attached Quadrants Of Wall To Watermoor House

CIRENCESTER

SP0201 WATERMOOR ROAD 578-1/6/333 (North East side) 23/07/71 Gates, doors, piers and attached quadrants of wall to Watermoor House (Formerly Listed as: WATERMOOR ROAD Watermoor House and gate piers)

GV II

Entrance gates, doors, piers and attached quadrants of wall. 1827. By William Jay for Joseph Mullings. Piers and walls in limestone ashlar and coursed squared limestone; gates and panels over doors in wrought and cast-iron. Pair of gates approximately 3m high with waterlily tops to bars and dog bars, horizontal cast-iron decorative panel to centre; flanking ashlar gate piers with recessed corners and deep plinth have anthemion and palmette frieze, enriched moulded cornice, stepped cap with ball finial. Flanking sections of straight wall each have door divided into 4 vertical panels by applied moulding in plain reveal, deep plinth, moulded cornice and parapet with cast-iron panel over door. Flanking quadrants of wall in coursed squared limestone with ashlar coping. (The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds: London: 1970-: P.182; Welsford J: Cirencester: A History and Guide: Gloucester: 1987-: P.122).

Listing NGR: SP0256901511