Forecourt buildings, walls and piers and sundial, attached to south east of Antony House
Forecourt buildings, walls and piers and sundial, attached to south east of Antony House
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1329109
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Forecourt buildings, walls and piers and sundial, attached to south east of Antony House
- Statutory Address:
- Forecourt buildings, walls and piers and sundial, attached to south east of Antony House
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1329109
- Date first listed:
- 26-Jan-1987
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 28-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Forecourt buildings, walls and piers and sundial, attached to south east of Antony House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Forecourt buildings, walls and piers and sundial, attached to south east of Antony House
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:
- Forecourt buildings, walls and piers and sundial, attached to south east of Antony House
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Antony
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 41783 56280
Details
SX 45 NW
3/23
ANTONY
ANTONY PARK
Forecourt buildings, walls and piers and sundial, attached to south east of Antony House
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Forecourt buildings, walls, piers and sundial forming the south east front to Anthony House. 1718-1729, attributed to Gibbs by the Rev. Daniel Lysons and Samuel Lysons in Magna Britannia: Vol. III Cornwall, 1814. Brick laid in Flemish bond, with limestone dressings, hipped slate roofs with stacks to outer sides. Limestone piers with wrought iron gates. Granite sundial.
The forecourt buildings form two wings projecting to right and left of the south front of Anthony House, enclosed by walls with central piers and gates, with the sundial on the central plat. The wings are colonnaded with terminal pavilions. The wings are connected to the house by an arcade of three bays to right and two to left, with round arches with stone imposts, bays closed to right. At each corner a small pavilion with lead dome. The wings have five narrow bays, seven wider bays beneath the buildings and a further five bays to each end with terminal pavilion, which is broken forward slightly and has one round arch, stone cornice and similar dome. To the outer side of each pavilion, a round arch with wrought iron gates.
The closing screen wall is about 50 metres long, divided into four bays by square limestone piers with cornice and ball finial on shaped stem, terminal pilasters with consoles. Central pair of ashlar piers about 4 metres high, with pilaster with console to each side, cornice and urn on shaped plinth. Fine wrought iron gates with scrolled and leaf decoration, set with semicircular limestone pivot tracks,.
The central building to each side is of two storeys, with seven bays; band course over arcade, which is continued over the outer bays of the colonnade. Sixeen-pane sashes with segmental heads at first floor, cornice and blocking course, At ground floor within the arcade, to right, there is central panelled door, four casements; inside the arcade at each end, a round arch with stone imposts. Within the arcade to left there is a central half-glazed door and two-panelled door to end right, and four casements. Doorway to end screen wall each side.
On the central plat in the courtyard, sundial is a granite baluster on octagonal granite base, with metal plate and gnomon. The outer side of the building to left has six-panelled door and two-light casement, two two-light casements at first floor, brick band course and stone cornice returned. The rear has four windows at first floor, all with mullion and transom and segmental head, small glazing bars remaining in window to right. Upper glazed door to end right.The ground floor is divided by a garden wall about 4 metres high, in banded limestone and slatestone rubble. The outer side of the building to right has two windows at first floor, both with mullion and transom, band course and cornice returned. The rear has five windows at first floor, all with mullion and transom and segmental heads, two brick stacks: at the north end an external stair to a brick porch; partly rendered.
The building to right was formerly used as kitchens. The interior of the building to left has a central room at first floor with a large red and grey marble chimneypiece, bolection-moulded, with basket arch, frieze and cornice.
Listing NGR: SX4176256302
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 61678
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Lysons, Rev D, Lysons, S, Magna Britannia Cornwall, (1814)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 8 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly,
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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