Survey Data
Reg No
60230098
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
New Park
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1844 - 1908
Coordinates
321186, 226943
Date Recorded
12/04/2016
Date Updated
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Description
Gateway, extant 1908, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of cast-iron "bird cage" piers on cut-granite chamfered plinths supporting cast-iron double gates with granite ashlar outer piers on cut-granite plinths having fluted dome finial-topped cut-granite stepped capping supporting cast-iron railings. Road fronted.
Appraisal
A gateway surviving as an interesting relic of the long-lost New Park estate following the demolition of the eponymous house occupied (1837) by Willoughby Harcourt Carter (1766-1853; cf. 60230097).