Survey Data
Reg No
15702133
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1840 - 1845
Coordinates
311775, 143202
Date Recorded
14/08/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, built 1844, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of lichen-spotted granite ashlar piers on cut-granite plinths having battlemented capping supporting quatrefoil-detailed timber double gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Wells House.
Appraisal
A gateway erected to a design by Daniel Robertson (d. 1849) making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene at the entrance on to the grounds of the Wells House estate (cf. 15702550). NOTE: A surviving drawing (August 1835) titled "General Plan for rotoring the Great Avenue at Wells the Seat of Robert Doyne Esquire" shows an alternative scheme with gate lodges.