Triumphal Arch Gateway To Hazelgrove House

The Triumphal Arch Gateway to Hazelgrove House is a Grade II* listed structure dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed from local grey lias ashlar with Ham stone dressing, and the nature of its flat roof is unknown. The gateway features a single arch with wrought iron gates. Architectural details include a moulded plinth, impost courses, slight corner pilasters, and a low plain parapet. The wide pilasters flanking the three-centre archway have Ionic capitals and support a moulded arched architrave with a central keystone.

The sides of the gateway have later gatepiers with scroll sweeps, which are now redundant, and on the northeast side, there is a downpipe with an ornamental lead stack head. The archway has double rebates and piers that were intended for former double gates; it currently has wrought iron gates, likely from the early 20th century, featuring swept top rails, elaborate scrollwork, and twist drop points. The sides and middle rails also display scrollwork ornament, with a bottom panel of spearpoint rails.

Originally built as a gateway to Low Ham Manor, near Somerton, this structure was part of a large project from the late 17th century that was never completed. It was presumably acquired by the Mildmay family, who were lords of Queen Camel Manor, possibly Carew Mildmay, who remodelled Hazelgrove House in 1730. The gateway now serves Hazelgrove House in Queen Camel.