South-west gateway to Montacute House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Gateway.
South-west gateway to Montacute House
- WRENN ID
- silent-thatch-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Gateway
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST4916 8/122
MONTACUTE CP THE BOROUGH (north side) South-west gateway to Montacute House
GV II Entrance gateway. Probably C19. Ham stone ashlar walls and piers; wrought-iron gate. Wing walls about 2.5m high, with thin copings, having quarter-circle curves back to central gateway, which has square piers with plinth, pulvinated frieze and flat moulded cornice-caps; gateway about 3m wide, with pair of wrought-iron gates having scroll-braced necked spearpoints to middle and top rails, with ogee braces.
An important element in the setting of Montacute House (q.v), as well as in the streetscene at a prominent point in the heart of the village. Probably erected during the re-organisation of the grounds which was carried out between 1845 and 1852.
(Girouard, M and others: Montacute House. The National Trust, 1985).
Listing NGR: ST4981816985
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