Courtyard Wall and Railings, Hartpury House
COURTYARD WALL AND RAILINGS, HARTPURY HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1078699
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Courtyard Wall and Railings, Hartpury House
- Statutory Address:
- COURTYARD WALL AND RAILINGS, HARTPURY HOUSE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1078699
- Date first listed:
- 18-Oct-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Courtyard Wall and Railings, Hartpury House
- Statutory Address 1:
- COURTYARD WALL AND RAILINGS, HARTPURY HOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- COURTYARD WALL AND RAILINGS, HARTPURY HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Forest of Dean (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hartpury
- National Grid Reference:
- SO7873223009
Details
SO 72 SE HARTPURY -
8/37
Courtyard wall and railings
Hartpury House
GV II
Courtyard wall and railings; 1896, By Sir Guy Dawber for William
Gordon-Canning. English-bond brick work, ashlar dressings, wrought
iron. Enclose rectangular courtyard in front of Hartpury House
(q.v.) on 3 sides. Gates to park opposite porch to house: short
fixed railings each side of double gates, decorative central
feature above main level. Square, panelled stone piers each side
with cornice and ball finial. Low brick wall, stone coping with
swept top carries railings either side, 5 bays to left, 6 to
right: railings supported by lyre-shaped stone uprights with
cornice, set across wall. Straight top and bottom rails to
railings, decorative feature in centre of each bay, framed vertical
bars. Tall, square brick pillars at front corners, stone bands,
cornice and ball finials, last with vermiculated band around
centre. On right 2 panels return to main entrance gate, piers as
corners, but with nib for gates, returned with stone console to
pier at top. Gates missing. High, plain brick wall links to
house. On left low brick wall forms end of courtyard, returning to
house: 2 openings, with low, square piers, plinth and flat stone
coping with moulded edge (date on House; D. Verey, Gloucestershire,
The Vale and Forest of Dean, 1970; notes at House).
Listing NGR: SO7873223009
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 125569
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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