Survey Data
Reg No
20818082
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Previous Name
Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1840 - 1850
Coordinates
181722, 112745
Date Recorded
17/10/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Entrance gateway, erected c. 1845, at end of avenue leading to Church of the Immaculate Conception, comprising square-profile ashlar limestone piers with pointed arch panels, moulded string courses and stepped caps, and cut stone plinths. Flanked by coursed dressed limestone walls with pedestrian entrances having castellated parapets, chamfered pointed arch openings. Decorative cast-iron gate with limestone threshold to northern entrance. Paving to front narrows road approaching vehicular archway.
Appraisal
This fine Gothic Revival entrance gateway to the church is one of a pair, situated at each main approach road to the complex. This entrance exhibits fine detailing and is representative of the imaginative novelty and craftsmanship of the nineteenth century.