Description

CHRISTOW
SX 88 SW
5/81 Walls, gates and gate piers
immediately east of North Lodge
GV II
2 sections of curved wall terminating in piers to the east and gate piers and gates
to the west; similr sections of curved walls and gate piers and gates to the east, on
the opposite side of the road. Probably 1828, the date of Canonteign House, possibly
designed by C.R. Ayers, the architect of the house. Granite ashlar walling and gate
piers, 2 pairs of timber gates. Curved walls terminate in rusticated granite gate
piers with ball finials at the entrance to a former drive to Canonteign House, each
section of walling with similar but slimmer outer piers. Pair of timber gates with
diagonal braces and curved straits forming a lunette design similar to the window
heads of Canonteign House, splat acorn finials above the top rail. Similar walls and
pair of gates on the other side of the road also included in the listing.

Listing NGR: SX8380083364

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26390025

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)