Survey Data
Reg No
40402013
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Previous Name
Farnham House
Original Use
Demesne walls/gates/railings
Date
1830 - 1850
Coordinates
239274, 305817
Date Recorded
13/06/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Gate screen, built c.1840, now disused. Square-profile cut stone gate piers with moulded stone cornice detail and chamfered plinth. Wrought-iron gates with fluer-de-lys finials to balusters and dog-bars, scrollwork beneath top rail. Gate piers flanked by high rubble stone wall with half-barrel rubble stone coping and having integral square-headed pedestrian side entrance with sheeted timber door to east. Framed by quadrant screen walls with rubble stone end piers.
Appraisal
A gateway of simple elegant proportions that makes a pleasing roadside addition. Its function as a secondary entrance is conveyed through its relatively modest design aspirations compared to the overtly ostentatious main entrance gates. The screen forms a well-composed ensemble with the adjacent hipped-roofed two-storey lodge. It forms an integral part of the extensive demesne associated with Farnham House, a demesne which is an important part of the architectural heritage of the county.