Park Gates and Screen Walls to Park Head Farm
PARK GATES AND SCREEN WALLS TO PARK HEAD FARM, A 688
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1196455
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Park Gates and Screen Walls to Park Head Farm
- Statutory Address:
- PARK GATES AND SCREEN WALLS TO PARK HEAD FARM, A 688
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1196455
- Date first listed:
- 06-May-1986
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 23-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Park Gates and Screen Walls to Park Head Farm
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARK GATES AND SCREEN WALLS TO PARK HEAD FARM, A 688
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:
- PARK GATES AND SCREEN WALLS TO PARK HEAD FARM, A 688
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 23061 31067
Details
BISHOP AUCKLAND
NZ23SW A 688 634-1/2/6 (North side (off)) 06/05/86 Park gates and screen walls to Park Head Farm (Formerly Listed as: DURHAM ROAD Auckland Castle Park: Park gates and screen walls, Park Head Farm)
GV II
Screen and gateway at former entrance to Auckland Castle Park, with gates, piers and flanking walls. Late C18. Piers and principal walls ashlar, partly rusticated; flanking walls coursed squared stone with ashlar coping; wrought-iron gates. Two tall pedimented gate piers have plinths, bands, round-headed niche with keystone, and vermiculated rustication to panels. Flanking short sections of high wall with plinth contain oeuil-de-boeuf panels with rusticated keystones and end in lower piers with plinths and low pyramidal coping. Similar piers terminate lower serpentine walls of coursed squared stone with ramped ashlar coping. Wrought-iron gates of early C19 type have paired middle rails crossed by quadrant bracing to spike-headed uprights and dogbars. From these piers, lower walls continue to the join the outbuildings of Park Head Farm at left (qv) and to return as field boundary wall at right. Said to have possible association with a design by James Wyatt, gates similar to those in Wyatt's inner screen to Auckland Castle (qv).
Listing NGR: NZ2306131067
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 385628
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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