Gates, Gatepiers And Block Stones About 15 Metres East Of Edgeborough Farmhouse

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This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

ST22NW STAPLEGROVE CP

5/237 Gates, gatepiers and block stones about 15 metres East of Edgeborough Farmhouse



GV II

Gates, gatepiers and block stones, Mid C19, resited early 1930s. Possibly by John Norton. Gatepiers: blue lias, squared and coursed, stepped pyramid tops, cavetto moulded cornice, chamfered plinth. Gates: cast iron, double, Gothic style.

Decoration of trefoil headed uprights with quatrefoil friezes, curved cross pieces, and fleurs- de-lys heads with remains of guilding. Block stones: cast iron, panelled columns ball finials and pyramid tops. Said to have been removed from a house in Taunton in the early 1930s. Uncommon to find a set of gates with orginal block stones intact.

Listing NGR: ST2039928360

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0731 IOE Records taken by David Ford; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr David Ford. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project