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Pair of Gate Piers 30 Metres South of East End of Church

A Grade I Listed Building in Hampstead Marshall, West Berkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3979 / 51°23'52"N

Longitude: -1.3976 / 1°23'51"W

OS Eastings: 442005

OS Northings: 166711

OS Grid: SU420667

Mapcode National: GBR 81W.7GV

Mapcode Global: VHC21.Q4H6

Plus Code: 9C3W9JX2+5X

Entry Name: Pair of Gate Piers 30 Metres South of East End of Church

Listing Date: 6 March 1985

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1117218

English Heritage Legacy ID: 39772

ID on this website: 101117218

Location: West Berkshire, RG20

County: West Berkshire

Civil Parish: Hampstead Marshall

Traditional County: Berkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire

Church of England Parish: Hamstead Marshall

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

Tagged with: Gatepost

Description


SU 46 NW HAMSTEAD MARSHALL PARK LANE (East Side)

15/8 Pair of Gate piers 30 metres South of East end of Church

I

Gate piers. Early C18. Brick with stone dressings. Pair of tall square piers with stone plinth base and moulded stone plinth cap. Stone corniced caps surmounted by carved stone vases with swags, fruit and flowers. east and west faces have arched niches above plinths with stone strings at impost level, stone keys and stone shells in arches and moulded stone panels above niches. north and south faces have brick pilasters for gate hinges, wall or railings, capped by stone moulded cornices and scrolls. Gate piers to the former Manor House, built for the Earl of Craven by Sir Balthazar Gerbier and William Wynne, and burnt down in 1718. B.O.E. Berkshire p.152, Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide, p.127.

Listing NGR: SU4200566711

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