Survey Data
Reg No
12403124
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Castlemorris
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1818 - 1839
Coordinates
249090, 135652
Date Recorded
01/01/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1839, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of drag edged limestone ashlar panelled piers on "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cushion courses on plinths having cornices on garland-detailed friezes below blind shield-detailed capping with vine leaf-detailed cast-iron "bird cage" inner piers supporting cast-iron double gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Castle Morres.
Appraisal
A gateway erected to a pattern book design published (1818) by John Buonarotti Papworth (1775-1847) of London forming part of a self-contained group alongside an adjacent gate lodge (see 12403116) with the resulting ensemble making a pleasing visual statement in a sylvan street scene at the entrance on to the grounds of the Castle Morres estate.