Pair of Lamp Standards With Pedestals at North Entrance of Rock Park
PAIR OF LAMP STANDARDS WITH PEDESTALS AT NORTH ENTRANCE OF ROCK PARK, ROCK PARK
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385313
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Pair of Lamp Standards With Pedestals at North Entrance of Rock Park
- Statutory Address:
- PAIR OF LAMP STANDARDS WITH PEDESTALS AT NORTH ENTRANCE OF ROCK PARK, ROCK PARK
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- Date:
- 2004-07-13
- Reference:
- IOE01/12627/28
- Rights:
- © Dr Barbara Hilton. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385313
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Pair of Lamp Standards With Pedestals at North Entrance of Rock Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- PAIR OF LAMP STANDARDS WITH PEDESTALS AT NORTH ENTRANCE OF ROCK PARK, ROCK PARK
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:
- PAIR OF LAMP STANDARDS WITH PEDESTALS AT NORTH ENTRANCE OF ROCK PARK, ROCK PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- North Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Barnstaple
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 56088 32703
Details
BARNSTAPLE
SS5632 ROCK PARK
684-1/5/219 (North side)
31/08/88 Pair of lamp standards with
pedestals at north entrance of Rock
Park
GV II
Pair of lamp standards with pedestals. Probably 1879, with
late C20 tops. Limestone pedestals; cast-iron standards.
Pedestals square in section with panelled sides; moulded caps
with triangular pediment on each side enclosing octagonal
bases for standards. Latter have round, tapered shafts, fluted
and enriched, buttressed at the foot by 4 scrolls. Further
scrolls projecting horizontally below moulded cap, from which
rises a late C20 shaft and electric-lamp holder. The original
tops are shown in an early C20 photograph belonging to Knights
Photographers of Barnstaple (No F241).
HISTORICAL NOTE: Rock Park was opened in 1879, having been
laid out by RD Gould.
(Gardiner WF: Barnstaple, 1837-97: Barnstaple: 1897-: 30, 34).
Listing NGR: SS5608832703
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 485775
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Gardiner, W F, Barnstaple 1837-1897, (1897), 30, 34
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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