Entrance To Old Gillingwood Hall Approximately Five Metres South West Of Gillingwood Hall

The entrance to Old Gillingwood Hall, located approximately five metres south-west of Gillingwood Hall, is a doorway set within a short length of wall, dating from the early to mid-18th century. It was built for the Wharton family and features a combination of ashlar and rubble sandstone. The ashlar doorway has a round-arched opening with horizontal tooling and an archivolt that rises from capitals. This is framed by an aedicule of fluted Roman Doric engaged columns that support a full Doric entablature, which includes guttae, triglyphs, metopes with paterae, and mutules decorated with an acanthus motif, all topped by a pediment. To the right, part of a window surround is still visible within the rubble wall. The rear of the wall shows signs of burning from the fire that destroyed Old Gillingwood Hall in 1750. The doorway has been blocked to create a recessed niche and originally served as the front door to Old Gillingwood Hall.