Description

SE 9683 WYKEHAM A 170
(south-east side)

14/119 Gates, railings and four
18.1.67 gate piers
(formerly listed as gate
piers on north of the
park of the Priory)

- II

Gates, railings and 4 gate piers. Probably early C19. Iron gates and
railings; gate piers of rusticated sandstone. Gate piers square on plan
with bowed faces, approximately 3 metres high, of banded rustication.
Continuous moulded impost band. Roundels enclosing rosettes to each face of
the frieze. Moulded cornice. Flat caps carved with festoons in high relief
surmounted by fluted flat urns. Formerly the main entrance to Wykeham
Abbey.

Listing NGR: SE9610183135

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26441733

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]