Building record 600/5/4 - Gates & Gatepiers to Green Court

Gate and gatepiers. Early C18

{1} Gate and gatepiers. Early C18. Ironstone ashlar with limestone dressings. Piers have moulded plinths and cornices, panelled sides and thin moulded obelisks on octagonal feet supported by pairs of stone scrolls at each corner. Original painted oak gates, with barley sugar twist rails, 'Venetian window' arches to each leaf with Tuscan columns and keyblocks joined to shaped top rail. H-hinges. Gates recently restored by National Trust with much new timber. (Canons Ashby gardens and park are includ :> H.B.M.C. Register of Gardens at Grade II*)

{3} Undated photo;

Bryant A., 1827, Map of The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN2733.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 19/33 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F05 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Canons Ashby (Photographs). SNN111842.

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Jul 2 2024 3:38PM