Survey Data
Reg No
15704109
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1725 - 1840
Coordinates
286827, 117182
Date Recorded
21/01/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1840, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of granite ashlar piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having stringcourses below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates with granite ashlar outer piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having stringcourses below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Coolcliffe House.
Appraisal
A gateway surviving as an interesting relic of the Coolcliffe House estate following the decline of the eponymous country house (see 15704036). NOTE: Reclaimed cut-granite panels carry the date of construction of the country house ("1727") and a date of unknown significance ("1784") to John Cox (d. 1793).