Old Golden Gates railings and gates
Old Golden Gates railings and gates, Cheapside Road, Cheapside
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1119817
- Date first listed:
- 03-Mar-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Old Golden Gates railings and gates
- Statutory Address:
- Old Golden Gates railings and gates, Cheapside Road, Cheapside
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- Date:
- 2001-05-29
- Reference:
- IOE01/04170/18
- Rights:
- © Mr Michael Dumbleton. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1119817
- Date first listed:
- 03-Mar-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 26-Jun-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Old Golden Gates railings and gates
- Statutory Address 1:
- Old Golden Gates railings and gates, Cheapside Road, Cheapside
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:
- Old Golden Gates railings and gates, Cheapside Road, Cheapside
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sunninghill and Ascot
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 93492 69105
Details
SU96NW
599-1/15/50
SUNNINGHILL
Cheapside
CHEAPSIDE ROAD (west side)
Old Golden Gates railings and gates
[Formerly Listed as CHEAPSIDE ROAD, Cheapside (North side), Old Golden Gates, former entrance to Ascot Racecourse]
03/03/72
GV
II
Ornamental gates and railings. Late C19. Cast-iron with gilded cresting and rusticated Portland stone piers. Central double gates with Royal Arms in centre; single side gates topped with acanthus leaf and fleur-de-lys pattern.
Four gate piers have cornices, the inner pair are panelled with a central circular motif, an upper stage with garlands and surmounted by Royal Arms; that on the left supported by a Lion, that on the right by a Unicorn. The outer pair have ball finials.
The railings have gilded fleur-de-lys heads and are set on low, stone-coped brick walls on either side of gates, those on the right front Old Golden Gate Lodge (qv). The railings are finished by piers similar to outer gate piers.
The gates were the former entrance to Ascot Racecourse.
Listing NGR: SU9349269105
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469397
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 04/02/2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
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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