Gatehouse and Flanking Walls,to Leyhill
GATEHOUSE AND FLANKING WALLS,TO LEYHILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1321173
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Gatehouse and Flanking Walls,to Leyhill
- Statutory Address:
- GATEHOUSE AND FLANKING WALLS,TO LEYHILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1321173
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Gatehouse and Flanking Walls,to Leyhill
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATEHOUSE AND FLANKING WALLS,TO LEYHILL
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:
- GATEHOUSE AND FLANKING WALLS,TO LEYHILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Tortworth
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 69387 92518
Details
ST 69 SE TORTWORTH TORTWORTH PARK
1/136 Gatehouse and Flanking Walls, to Leyhill G.V. II
Gatehouse and flanking walls. Circa 1850 by S.S. Teulon. Coursed rubble with Bath stone dressings; flat roofs concealed behind embattled and pierced parapets. Central 4-centred arch with enriched spandrels; flanking buttresses; the parapet is pierced by letters which read "WELCOME" and is flanked by octagonal ashlar turrets which have crested parapets and an ogee dome with a finial. To either side of the arch are 2 single storey rooms with a 2-light casement window and embattled parapet. From these,the walls, of pierced quatrefoil balustrades on ashlar footings, extend approximately 15 yards to the south and then return 10 yards to the west, and 20 yards to the north. (The Builder, 29.10.1853 and 19.11.1853; Country Life, 13.5.1899).
Listing NGR: ST6938792518
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 34733
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in 13 May, (1899)
The Builder in 19 November, (1853)
The Builder in 29 October, (1853)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic interest in England, Part 1 Avon,
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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