Description

MERTON
TL 99 NW

4/35 Merton Hall Gatehouse

21.7.51

G.V. II*

Gatehouse, now estate office. 1613. Brick with ashlar dressings and plain
tiled roof. 2 storeys on brick plinth. Semi circular doorway glazed in C20,
flanked by paired Tuscan columns on high bases. Entablature at first floor
level interrupts continuous string course of bowtells under hood. Single cross
mullioned stone casements of 3-lights to left and right under pediments.
Octagonal corner turrets. 3 shaped gables close cross gabled roofs and partly
contain first floor cross mullioned casements with pediments. Clock in central
gable head. Central timber cupola. Letters R.G. on first floor. 2 rainwater
heads dated 1620. South and north gables shaped on square shoulders, latter
with 2 first floor windows under pediments. External stacks with tall star
capped octagonal shafts C19. Rear elevation similar to front. Punched
balustraded wall continues west to enclose original courtyard leading to brick
wall with coping and octagonal corner turret at return.

Listing NGR: TL9111697765

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553285

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