Survey Data
Reg No
60230120
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Rockford House
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1800 - 1837
Coordinates
322470, 228085
Date Recorded
28/11/2016
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1837, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of granite ashlar chamfered piers on cut-granite chamfered plinths having inscribed cut-granite stringcourses below shallow pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron double gates with granite ashlar chamfered outer piers on cut-granite chamfered plinths having cut-granite stringcourses below shallow pyramidal capping. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Rockford.
Appraisal
A gateway forming part of a self-contained group alongside an adjacent gate lodge (see 60230119) with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in Stradbrook Road at a long obsolete entrance on to the grounds of the Rockford estate.