Survey Data
Reg No
22401508
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Ashleypark House
Original Use
Demesne walls/gates/railings
In Use As
House
Date
1890 - 1910
Coordinates
188377, 185568
Date Recorded
01/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Triple-arch entrance gates, erected c.1900, with central vehicular entrance flanked by pedestrian ways. Built of rusticated ashlar limestone with pilasters and imposts and having decorative wrought-iron gates. Detached two-bay two-storey gable-fronted gate lodge at south side, built c.1900, with modern porch addition and extension to south. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rusticated snecked limestone walls. Pointed-arch openings with replacement timber windows having chamfered limestone block-and-start surrounds and sills. Timber glazed door set in square-headed opening.
Appraisal
This gateway and lodge forms part of an interesting group of demesne structures. The imposing triple-arch entrance, with well-executed rusticated ashlar and fine wrought-iron gates is comlimented by the fine stonework of the gate lodge.