Survey Data
Reg No
31311012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Saint Mary's Catholic Church
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1765 - 1838
Coordinates
124187, 270628
Date Recorded
07/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1838, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar octagonal piers on plinths having "Cavetto"-detailed beaded cornices on rosette-detailed panelled friezes on stringcourses below capping supporting spear head-detailed cast-iron double gates with drag edged rusticated limestone ashlar outer piers on plinths having "Cavetto"-detailed beaded cornices on panelled friezes on stringcourses below capping supporting arrow head-detailed cast-iron railings. Repositioned, 1952. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
Appraisal
A gateway reclaimed from the Bloomfield House estate making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene at the entrance on to the grounds of the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (cf. 31311016). NOTE: An identical gateway was similarly repurposed (1962) at the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (1962) in Roundfort (see 31311902).