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Carrmire Gates Wall and End Turrets

A Grade I Listed Building in Bulmer, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.1074 / 54°6'26"N

Longitude: -0.912 / 0°54'43"W

OS Eastings: 471229

OS Northings: 468497

OS Grid: SE712684

Mapcode National: GBR QN2Y.BC

Mapcode Global: WHFBL.Y0VZ

Plus Code: 9C6X434Q+X5

Entry Name: Carrmire Gates Wall and End Turrets

Listing Date: 25 January 1954

Last Amended: 15 July 1985

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1174223

English Heritage Legacy ID: 329495

ID on this website: 101174223

Location: North Yorkshire, YO60

County: North Yorkshire

District: Ryedale

Civil Parish: Bulmer

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Bulmer St Martin

Church of England Diocese: York

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Description


NORTH YORKSHIRE RYDALE 5340

SE 76 NW BULMER CASTLE HOWARD STRAY

4/5 Carrmire Gates and Wall and end turrets 25.1.54 (Formerly listed as Carrmire Gate, Castle Howard) GV I

Gateway to Castle Howard demesne, and flanking wall with end turrets. Early C18 by Vanbrugh or Hawksmoor. Limestone rubble brough to course. Round- arched triple-keyed gateway beneath open pediment flanked by square rusticated piers each surmounted by pyramids. Battlemented wall to either side running approximately 30 metres and terminating in buttressed circular 2-stage mock medieval turrets with cruciform arrow slits and battlements. Pevsner "Yorkshire: The North Riding" 1966.

Listing NGR: SE7122068544

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