Survey Data
Reg No
60230129
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1876 - 1883
Coordinates
322868, 227266
Date Recorded
28/11/2016
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1908, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of rosette-detailed cast-iron "bird cage" piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornices below pyramidal capping supporting "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed cast-iron double gates with rendered outer piers on chamfered plinths having pyramidal capping supporting "Fleur-de-Lys"-detailed cast-iron serpentine railings. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Fairholme.
Appraisal
A gateway making a pleasing visual statement in Abbey Road at a long obsolete entrance on to the grounds of the Fairholme estate.