GARDEN WALL AND GATES, ABOUT 80 METRES SOUTH OF TAYNTON HOUSE

GARDEN WALL AND GATES, ABOUT 80 METRES SOUTH OF TAYNTON HOUSE, B4216

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1341922
Date first listed:: 18-Oct-1985
List Entry Name:: GARDEN WALL AND GATES, ABOUT 80 METRES SOUTH OF TAYNTON HOUSE
Statutory Address:: GARDEN WALL AND GATES, ABOUT 80 METRES SOUTH OF TAYNTON HOUSE, B4216

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1341922
Date first listed:: 18-Oct-1985
List Entry Name:: GARDEN WALL AND GATES, ABOUT 80 METRES SOUTH OF TAYNTON HOUSE
Statutory Address 1:: GARDEN WALL AND GATES, ABOUT 80 METRES SOUTH OF TAYNTON HOUSE, B4216

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: GARDEN WALL AND GATES, ABOUT 80 METRES SOUTH OF TAYNTON HOUSE, B4216

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Gloucestershire
District:: Forest of Dean (District Authority)
Parish:: Taynton
National Grid Reference:: SO 72254 22063

Details

SO 72 SW TAYNTON B4216 (west side)

7/243 Garden wall and gates, about 80m south of Taynton House

GV II

Garden wall, gates, piers and railings; late C17 or early C18; ashlar stone, Flemish garden wall bond brickwork, wrought iron. Square gate piers, wall and railing each side, wall beyond on right. Piers moulded base, rusticated quoins with brick plaques between shorter quoins, moulded edge to cap, step, roll to ogee centre, iron spike. Nib for double gates: top rail sweeps up to hanging style: mixed spiral and flat bars, former flat finial, latter spiral. Scroll decoration to upperhalf centre bar in each gate, terminated scrolls, ball and spike; scroll decoration to 2 bars in lower half. Ironwork to gates lighter than to railings, maybe renewed. Either side of gateway about 4m of low wall, ashlar coping, railing above, alternate flat and spiral as gates, leaded into stone: in centre each length scroll decoration to upright, ball and spike finial: further scroll decoration to uprights at quarter lengths. Each end wall receives end of railing, then curves down to lower height; double weathered coping to outer face. On right, with back to house, wall extends to corner about 26m from gateway, curving up again at end. Forms part of group with house and farm buildings (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO7225422063

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 125779
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.