Gates, gate piers and railings at NE entrance to Gredington Park, Hanmer, Wrexham

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9503 / 52°57'1"N

Longitude: -2.8178 / 2°49'4"W

OS Eastings: 345146

OS Northings: 339525

OS Grid: SJ451395

Mapcode National: GBR 7F.L00Y

Mapcode Global: WH89M.P3CK

Plus Code: 9C4VX52J+4V

Entry Name: Gates, gate piers and railings at NE entrance to Gredington Park

Listing Date: 16 November 1962

Last Amended: 15 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1666

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300001666

Location: Set back on the S side of the road through Hanmer, NE of Home Farm and approximately 400m SW of the parish church.

County: Wrexham

Community: Hanmer

Locality: Gredington Park

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: Gate Railing Gatepost

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History

Gredington has been the home of the Kenyon family since c1706. The house was rebuilt in the early C19, contemporary with which was the landscape park, which is shown on the 1839 Tithe map with its present entrances. The gates are of uncertain origin and date. Their C18 Baroque style suggests that they were intended to stand at the entrance to the forecourt of the house, and were therefore moved to their present position later. They stand at what was probably once the main entrance to the park, although this drive is now disused.

Exterior

A Baroque style pair of gates with gate piers and outer railings, of wrought iron. The openwork piers have scrollwork decoration, incorporating oval painted heraldic devices, and elaborate scrolled finial. The gates have scrollwork panels over dog bars, and scrollwork cresting. Outer railings have similar enrichment.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as well-detailed C18 architectural ironwork in a prominent roadside location.

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Gates, gate piers and railings at NE entrance to Gredington Park

A Grade II Listed Building in Hanmer, Wrexham