Survey Data
Reg No
12400814
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1843 - 1863
Coordinates
229206, 167630
Date Recorded
21/11/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1900, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of drag edged dragged limestone ashlar piers on moulded cushion courses on submerged plinths having cornices on blind friezes on stringcourses below capping supporting arrow head-detailed wrought iron double gates with drag edged dragged limestone ashlar outer piers having shallow pyramidal capping supporting arrow head-detailed wrought iron railings. Now disused. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Foulkscourt House.
Appraisal
A gateway forming part of a self-contained group alongside an opposing gate lodge (see 12400815) with the resulting ensemble making pleasing visual statement in a rural street scene at the entrance on to the grounds of the Foulkscourt House estate.