Front Entrance Gates And Gatepiers Approximately 5 Metres West Of Buzzacott Manor

Date:
18 Jun 2002
Location:
Front Entrance Gates And Gatepiers Approximately 5 Metres West Of Buzzacott Manor, Buzzacott Road, Combe Martin, North Devon, Devon, EX34 0NL
Reference:
IOE01/07725/30
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

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

COMBE MARTIN BUZZACOTT ROAD SS 64 NW 2/57 Front entrance gates and gatepiers - approximately 5 metres west of Buzzacott Manor GV II Entrance gates and gatepiers. Late C19. Cast and wrought iron. Each gate is divided into 5 sections, the 2 outer sections divided by a pair of verticals, the larger middle section bifurcated by a central vertical with twist finial descending only to the quarter-height double horizontal rail. Each panel above and below this rail is richly ornamented with scroll and strapwork decoration with a central cartouche displaying the then owners initials (member of Snell family). The lock is stamped Hill and Smith. Overthrow made up of scrolls enriched with paterae.

Gatepiers square in section, the capitals surmounted by ball finials and the open panelled sides filled with scroll decoration. Smaller wrought iron pedestrians gate to left side.

Listing NGR: SS6004546155

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0735 IOE Records taken by Bob Foster; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Bob Foster. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Foster, Bob

Rights Holder: Foster, Bob

Keywords

Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, Victorian Gate, Unassigned, Gate Pier