Description

SJ 36 SE EATON C.P. BELGRAVE AVENUE
(West end) Eaton Park

2/48 Belgrave Lodge Gates,
Piers and Wing Walls

GV II

Pair of gates with piers and wing walls, 1889, by John Douglas for 1st
Duke of Westminster. Of wrought and cast iron and stone. Each gate
has the Westminster initial and ducal coronet with heraldic roses as
central motif in a panel of plain vertical rails within an ornate
surround. Spiked dogbars at base. Scrollwork, some with leaf
terminals, at sides and floral and leaf pattern at top of gates.
Square stone piers with recessed corners, projecting moulded plinths
and classical moulded projecting capitals, surmounted by talbot dogs
rampant, bearing shields. The north shield bears a cross; the south
shield a Grosvenor sheaf.
Wing walls (all in yellow sandstone, with consoles to piers) enclose a
deep rectangular grassed forecourt. Rear walls (on plane with gates)
have shaped copings and piers with stone ball finials. Plain stone
side walls to forecourt, with flush copings, open towards Wrexham Road
with convex quadrant wings.

Listing NGR: SJ3867661142

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26429469

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock