Walls Around Spring Lodge Garden
WALLS AROUND SPRING LODGE GARDEN, NEWGATE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291906
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Walls Around Spring Lodge Garden
- Statutory Address:
- WALLS AROUND SPRING LODGE GARDEN, NEWGATE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291906
- Date first listed:
- 22-Feb-1973
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 28-Nov-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Walls Around Spring Lodge Garden
- Statutory Address 1:
- WALLS AROUND SPRING LODGE GARDEN, NEWGATE
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:
- WALLS AROUND SPRING LODGE GARDEN, NEWGATE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County Durham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Barnard Castle
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 05395 16165
Details
BARNARD CASTLE
NZ0516SW NEWGATE 770-1/6/167 (South side) 22/02/73 Walls around Spring Lodge garden (Formerly Listed as: NEWGATE (South side) Wall between Spring Lodge garden and Newgate)
GV II
Wall and gates along north, west and south side of garden of Spring Lodge (qv). c1820. Coursed roughly squared stone, coursed rubble, coursed squared stone with stone coping, with ashlar entrance piers and wrought-iron gates. Quadrant walls flanking entrance are coursed squared stone and have flat stone coping and square outer piers with plinths and flat stone coping. Ashlar gate piers have panelled shafts and low pyramidal coping, and hold vehicle gates of simple spike-headed wrought-iron with curved lower bracing and spike dogbars. Wall extending along Newgate to Spring Lodge Cottage (qv) is of rougher stone with gabled coping, and ends in vehicle entrance to west of Spring Lodge Cottage, with square piers with pyramidal coping. South of the entrance the wall runs along Parson's Lonnen and returns along the Demesnes enclosing the garden; approx 1.5m high, of rubble with gabled coping; south section has boarded door giving access to the Demesnes. These walls are important as streetscape and landscape features. They are the setting for Spring Lodge, and form the approach to the Bowes Museum, running parallel to the garden wall of the Museum (qv), and with the wall to the Vicarage (qv) flanking the lane to the River Tees and looking out over the Demesnes beside the river.
Listing NGR: NZ0539516165
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388796
- 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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