Survey Data
Reg No
32309009
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
166897, 329214
Date Recorded
12/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Stone gate screen, built c. 1840. Central gateway with flanking side gates. Ashlar limestone walling, projecting plinth, octagonal gate piers with moulded cornice caps, angular copings to flanking walls. Square-headed openings to side gates, hood mouldings, chamfered reveals, painted timber flush doors. Decorative wrought-iron double gates with stiles housed into piers. Street fronted giving to gravelled driveway, two-storey property to south, rubble stone boundary wall to north.
Appraisal
This fine, handsomely proportioned, gate screen provides a fitting entrance to Avena House. The quality of craftsmanship is of artistic significance. It is a prominent landmark in the streetscape.