Description

TF63 SE SNETTISHAM KEN HILL

4/30 Garden wall with gate
and gate piers attached
to west and forecourt
walls to south west of
Ken Hill House.

G.V. II

Garden walls and gate and entrance forecourt walls. c.1879-1880 by J.J.
Stevenson. Coursed dressed and squared carstone garden walls, cut-stone piers
and forecourt wall. Garden wall rectangular on plan, with curved section
at west. On axis at east the garden entrance gate has 2 stone gate piers
of generally Palladian inspiration. Vermiculated plinths, rusticated above
and pierced by arches filled by wrought-iron with channelled rustication and
voussoir head to arches. Coping section with cornice, pulvinated frieze,
a keystone running through both, entablature above. Garden gate inbetween
with 2 fixed side panels, gate and overthrow above. Connected at south and
forming a "U" plan to the entrance front, a dwarf stone wall punctuated with
dwarf piers with roundels.

Listing NGR: TF6753534920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26345910

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)