Oxford Lodges to Basildon Park With Gates Gatepiers and Flanking Walls
OXFORD LODGES TO BASILDON PARK WITH GATES GATEPIERS AND FLANKING WALLS, READING ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1210340
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Oxford Lodges to Basildon Park With Gates Gatepiers and Flanking Walls
- Statutory Address:
- OXFORD LODGES TO BASILDON PARK WITH GATES GATEPIERS AND FLANKING WALLS, READING ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1210340
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Oxford Lodges to Basildon Park With Gates Gatepiers and Flanking Walls
- Statutory Address 1:
- OXFORD LODGES TO BASILDON PARK WITH GATES GATEPIERS AND FLANKING WALLS, READING ROAD
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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:
- OXFORD LODGES TO BASILDON PARK WITH GATES GATEPIERS AND FLANKING WALLS, READING ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Basildon
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 61244 78495
Details
SU 67 NW BASILDON READING ROAD (south-west side)
2/14 Oxford Lodges To Basildon Park, With Gates, Gatepiers And Flanking Walls.
II*
Entrance lodges, gates, gatepiers and flanking walls. 1776-87, by John Carr, altered in 1842 by J.B. Papworth. 2 gates: 1842. Cast iron with spearhead railings and dograil. 2 gatepiers: 1776-87. Ashlar with channelled rustication and cornice. Heightened in 1842 by the addition of putti supporting urns with fruit. Short linking walls to left and right with plinth, cornice and pedestrian gateways with architraves and cast iron gates. 2 lodges, inner blocks:1776-87, heightened in 1842. Ashlar with plinth and string course. Cornice and parapet to slate roof with central moulded stack. Octagonal plan. Arched glazing bar sash to north-east with imposts and architrave. Rectangular carved panels on each face below cornice with garlands and lion masks. Outer blocks:1776-87, stack and porch to rear of 1842. Ashlar with plinth. Cornice and parapet to pyramidal slate roof and stack. Square plan. One glazing bar sash to north-east with chamfered reveals, one glazing bar sash to rear, and entrance with 4-panelled door in angle to rear. Flanking walls: C18. Ashlar and white brick, approximately 2.5 metres high and 50 metres long stepped forward with quadrant corners. Stone coping and square end piers. Basildon Park, The National Trust, 1982.
Listing NGR: SU6124478495
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 394969
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Basildon Park, (1977)
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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