Gatepiers to Holden Park With Flanking Wall, 4 Piers and Gateway to Left and 5 Piers and 3 Gatepiers to Right
GATEPIERS TO HOLDEN PARK WITH FLANKING WALL, 4 PIERS AND GATEWAY TO LEFT AND 5 PIERS AND 3 GATEPIERS TO RIGHT, KEIGHLEY ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1313915
- Date first listed:
- 04-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Gatepiers to Holden Park With Flanking Wall, 4 Piers and Gateway to Left and 5 Piers and 3 Gatepiers to Right
- Statutory Address:
- GATEPIERS TO HOLDEN PARK WITH FLANKING WALL, 4 PIERS AND GATEWAY TO LEFT AND 5 PIERS AND 3 GATEPIERS TO RIGHT, KEIGHLEY ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2000-09-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/01574/15
- Rights:
- © Mr Alan V Whetton. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1313915
- Date first listed:
- 04-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Gatepiers to Holden Park With Flanking Wall, 4 Piers and Gateway to Left and 5 Piers and 3 Gatepiers to Right
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATEPIERS TO HOLDEN PARK WITH FLANKING WALL, 4 PIERS AND GATEWAY TO LEFT AND 5 PIERS AND 3 GATEPIERS TO RIGHT, KEIGHLEY ROAD
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:
- GATEPIERS TO HOLDEN PARK WITH FLANKING WALL, 4 PIERS AND GATEWAY TO LEFT AND 5 PIERS AND 3 GATEPIERS TO RIGHT, KEIGHLEY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bradford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Keighley
- National Grid Reference:
- SE0347938829
Details
SE 0238 and SE 0338
18/129
KEIGHLEY
KEIGHLEY ROAD
(north side)
Oakworth
Gatepiers to Holden Park with flanking wall, 4 piers and gateway to left and 5 piers and 3 gatepiers to right
GV
II
Gatepiers and flanking walls, piers and gatepiers. Early-mid C19. Coursed
stone and ashlar. Gatepiers: square-sectioned, each with a stepped plinth,
2 panels separated by fluted band, the lower p-nel with chamfered, sunk
cross, the upper panel with bronze plaque attached; entablature with
cornice rising to semicircle on each face; capped by bronze blackmore
statue. Right pier has plaque giving names of urban district council
members of 1925, when the park was opened to the public, and statue holds
torch and snake. Left pier has plaque commemorating donation of park
to the public and statue holds torch and ball. To either side of gatepiers
is a pedestrian archway with moulded surround. The flanking walls are
ramped down to the side of these and continue with piers at regular intervals
Wall has stepped plinth and moulded coping. Piers have plinth,
2 raised panels, entablature with pyramidal panel to frieze, and stepped
capstone with gadrooned urn. To far left two similar piers act as gatepiers.
To right, wall is ramped down, and continues at lower height with a shorter
pier, a pair of shorter gatepiers, and one surviving tall gatepier at far
right, all in similar style. Holden Park was the garden of Sir lsaac
Holden's house of which only the port-cochère now remains.
Listing NGR: SE0347938829
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 338227
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 16-Jun-2026 at 18:48:18.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.