Gates, Gatepiers and Flanking Walls at Main Entrance to Park at Beechwood Park School
GATES, GATEPIERS AND FLANKING WALLS AT MAIN ENTRANCE TO PARK AT BEECHWOOD PARK SCHOOL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1348457
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Gates, Gatepiers and Flanking Walls at Main Entrance to Park at Beechwood Park School
- Statutory Address:
- GATES, GATEPIERS AND FLANKING WALLS AT MAIN ENTRANCE TO PARK AT BEECHWOOD PARK SCHOOL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1348457
- Date first listed:
- 19-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Gates, Gatepiers and Flanking Walls at Main Entrance to Park at Beechwood Park School
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATES, GATEPIERS AND FLANKING WALLS AT MAIN ENTRANCE TO PARK AT BEECHWOOD PARK SCHOOL
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:
- GATES, GATEPIERS AND FLANKING WALLS AT MAIN ENTRANCE TO PARK AT BEECHWOOD PARK SCHOOL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Dacorum (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Flamstead
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 05325 14322
Details
FLAMSTEAD BEECHWOOD PARK TL 01 SE (West side) 4/11 Gates, gatepiers and - flanking walls at main entrance to park at Beechwood Park School - II*
Gates, gatepiers and flanking walls. C18 (probably c.1760 by Sir William Chambers then working on interiors at mansion) for Sebright family. Wrought ironwork, Portland stone piers, red brick walls in Flemish-bond with moulded brick coping. At the centre of a concave sweep of 2M high brick walls as seen from road stand 2 widely spaced 5M tall stone piers with urns flanking a long wrought iron screen containing central double gates, standards, and side-gates with lower overthrows of scrolled ironwork. Delicately detailed 1M square stone piers each with shaft of channelled rustication, each block with vermiculated face and drafted margin to joint, projecting low moulded base, moulded necking, plain frieze and moulded cornice to cap topped by Baroque vigorously carved large urn set high on concave base. Gates and standards have dog-bars in bottom panels, and scrolled bracket to side of higher standard adjoining with another scrolled panel at head. Old photographs show scrolled terminals to both of the standards and an armorial scrolled great overthrow to the central span. This now lies rusting near the school.
Listing NGR: TL0532514322
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 157787
- 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.
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