Survey Data
Reg No
20815012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
The Castle
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1830 - 1840
Coordinates
156215, 98216
Date Recorded
24/10/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Entrance gates, built c. 1835, comprising rubble limestone walls with dressed limestone copings, having dressed limestone square-profile piers with carved plinths, caps and ball finials and double-leaf timber battened vehicular gates. Camber-arched pedestrian entrances to either side, with brick voussoirs, dressed limestone surrounds and timber battened doors. Irregular-plan gate lodge attached to north, single-storey, but with dormer floor to entrance elevation, and having three-bay single-storey addition to east. Box-bay window to front elevation, its hipped roof continuing to form canopy to entrance. Pitched slate roof, half-hipped to front of entrance part, and having rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Timber bargeboards to front elevation supported by carved timber fluted console bracket at west end. Rubble limestone walls, with rendered walls to addition. Square-headed window openings with timber casement widnows to addition, replacement timber elsewhere, with painted stone sills, window to west elevation having red brick surround. Square-headed door opening to front elevation with timber panelled half-glazed door and timber architrave.
Appraisal
These gates and lodge form a group with the medieval and nineteenth-century houses to the west, as well as their various outbuildings. They form a notable feature on the narrow streetscape and their setting, back from the street and advanced by a laneway is well suited to their form. The piers are skillfully carved and their ball finials add artistic interest and enhance the elegant design and execution. The modest form and style of the gate lodge are well integrated into the site and its façade is enhanced by features such as the box-bay window and canopy.