2 Pairs of Gate Piers and Attached Railings Immediately South East of Number 200 Buxton Road
2 PAIRS OF GATE PIERS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH EAST OF NUMBER 200 BUXTON ROAD, BUXTON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1343677
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-1992
- List Entry Name:
- 2 Pairs of Gate Piers and Attached Railings Immediately South East of Number 200 Buxton Road
- Statutory Address:
- 2 PAIRS OF GATE PIERS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH EAST OF NUMBER 200 BUXTON ROAD, BUXTON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1343677
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-1992
- List Entry Name:
- 2 Pairs of Gate Piers and Attached Railings Immediately South East of Number 200 Buxton Road
- Statutory Address 1:
- 2 PAIRS OF GATE PIERS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH EAST OF NUMBER 200 BUXTON ROAD, BUXTON ROAD
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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:
- 2 PAIRS OF GATE PIERS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH EAST OF NUMBER 200 BUXTON ROAD, BUXTON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Broadland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Spixworth
- National Grid Reference:
- TG 24118 14640
Details
The following building shall be added to the list:-
TG 21 SW SPIXWORTH BUXTON ROAD (west side) 4/10002 2 pairs of gate piers and attached railings immediately SE of No 200 Buxton Road
GV II
Pair of gate piers, flanking railings and terminal piers at north side of south-east entrance to site of Spixworth Hall. Circa late C19. Red brick inner and outer piers with stone dressings and rendered finials. Iron railings on plinth of red brick with stone copings. Octagonal gate pier about 15' tall, set back from road. Linked by a northward curve of railings to slightly shorter octagonal outer pier set closer to road. Each pier set on octagonal red brick plinth with chamfered stone base and moulded stone plinth coping. Rendered octagonal ogee finial to each pier with moulded base; base of gate pier finial brattished. Gate no longer attached. Fleur-de-lys railings about 5' tall, alternating with shorter, pointed intermediate spears; all shafts set diagonally. 5 principal fleur-de-lys railings slightly taller than rest, with shafts set square and anchored to rear with iron stays. Brick plinth to railings about 1' high, with plain stone coping abutting base moulding of piers. Mirrored by an identical arrangement of piers and railings on south side of entrance. Distance between north and south outer piers about 90'. Spixworth Hall demolished c1955. (Burke's and Savills Guide to Country Houses, Vol III, East Anglia, London 1981)
Listing NGR: TG2411814640
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 359869
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Kenworthy Browne, J, Reid, P, Sayer, M, Watkin, D, Burkes and Savills Guide to Country Houses in East Anglia, Vol. 3, (1981)
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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