Gate House and the Adjoining Stone Wall, Garden Seat and Pergola on the South and Piers and Railings North of the Pergola
GATE HOUSE AND THE ADJOINING STONE WALL, GARDEN SEAT AND PERGOLA ON THE SOUTH AND PIERS AND RAILINGS NORTH OF THE PERGOLA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1090333
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Gate House and the Adjoining Stone Wall, Garden Seat and Pergola on the South and Piers and Railings North of the Pergola
- Statutory Address:
- GATE HOUSE AND THE ADJOINING STONE WALL, GARDEN SEAT AND PERGOLA ON THE SOUTH AND PIERS AND RAILINGS NORTH OF THE PERGOLA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1090333
- Date first listed:
- 28-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Gate House and the Adjoining Stone Wall, Garden Seat and Pergola on the South and Piers and Railings North of the Pergola
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATE HOUSE AND THE ADJOINING STONE WALL, GARDEN SEAT AND PERGOLA ON THE SOUTH AND PIERS AND RAILINGS NORTH OF THE PERGOLA
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:
- GATE HOUSE AND THE ADJOINING STONE WALL, GARDEN SEAT AND PERGOLA ON THE SOUTH AND PIERS AND RAILINGS NORTH OF THE PERGOLA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Rissington
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 19496 17113
Details
GREAT RISSINGTON GREAT RISSINGTON VILLAGE SP 1917-2017 9/148 Gate house and the adjoining stone wall, garden seat and pergola on the south and piers and railings north of the pergola GV II Gatehouse and adjoining wall. Built during 1920s. Coursed squared and dressed limestone with dressed stone quoins. Stone slate roof. Rectangular plan to the gatehouse. The wall, pergola and garden seat on the south, piers and railing run away to the north of the gatehouse. Gatehouse; single storey. Moulded double width 4- centred arched entrance in the east facing gable end. Rectangular stone plaque with a moulded hood above. Small ventilation slit above. Double width archway in the opposite gable end. Oval stone plaque with a moulded margin and small ventilation slit above. Plank door within 'Tudor'-arched surround in the south wall. Flat coping at the gable ends and to the kneelers. Pointed finials with squared-off bases at the apex of each gable end. Wall; c2.5m in height with a cross-gabled pier c3m in height with chimney with four lancet-shaped openings in each side. Back drop to garden seat at the south-east corner of the gatehouse and attached to the wall. The back drop to the garden seat comprises a west-facing semi- circular shell-headed alcove (containing a semi-circular wooden seat) with a keystone. Band at impost level continued around the back of the alcove to either side. Segmental stone dated and initialled '19 / M / 22' (Marling) at the back of the alcove immediately above the band. Two square-headed niches each containing a column with a crown at the top then a king's (or queen's) head, then an heraldic shield. Stone flagged pathway runs away from the garden seat under a pergola now c20m in length which is attached to the south west corner of the gatehouse. The pergola comprises paired rubble-built cylindrical columns supporting a heavy horizontal timber framework. Wooden railing with stone piers with ball finials at regular intervals north of the gatehouse. (P. Cane, Modern Gardens, British and Foreign, 1926, p70-72; and J. Sales, West Country Gardens, 1980, p65)
Listing NGR: SP1949617113
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 130881
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cane, P, Modern Gardens British and Foreign, (1926), 70-72
Sales, J, West Country Gardens, (1980), 65
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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