Building record 3368/3/2 - Compton House, wall, gates and gatepiers to forecourt

Wall, gate and gatepiers. 1893 by Fairfax B. Wade.

{1} Wall, gate and gatepiers. 1893 by Fairfax B. Wade. Coursed squared limestone and red brick, with limestone dressings. Double-leaf timber gates with iron bars with spear finials. Piers have stone bases and bands of red brick in stretcher bond. Gates are flanked by low coursed squared limestone walls with stone balustrades. Moulded balusters of square section divided into bays by plain stone piers with moulded stone caps level with stone rail of balustrade. 1 bay to left of gates, 6 to right. Pier to left end banded with red brick.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 15/91 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Denton (Photographs). SNN111633.

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Jul 29 2024 3:58PM