Survey Data
Reg No
60230094
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Newtown Park
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1750 - 1837
Coordinates
321774, 227782
Date Recorded
12/04/2016
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1837, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of granite ashlar piers on cut-granite plinths having "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornices on swag-detailed friezes on key-detailed entablatures below capping supporting spear head-detailed double gates with granite ashlar outer piers on cut-granite plinths having "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornices below capping. Repositioned. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Newtownpark House.
Appraisal
A gateway 'in the manner of Thomas Cooley [1742?-84]' (Dean 2016, 137) making a pleasing visual statement in a suburban street scene at the "new" entrance on to the grounds of the Newtownpark House estate.