Description

ST4412 MERRIOTT CP MOORLANDS LANE (South side)

9/146 Entrance gateway, walls and
railings to The Firs and The Ledge

GV II

Entrance gateway, and walls and railiags, formerly to Moorlands (qv). C19; part of the grounds of the house designed by
Sir George Gilbert Scott. Ham stone ashlar, wrought-iron railings. Boundary wall to The Firs (qv) in ashlar, about one
metre high, with castellated top, with curved return back to the formal gateway between the two properties. The gateway
has square-plan ashlar piers, with moulded and shallow-hipped tops, and pair of wrought-iron gates with staple spikes
to rails, quatrefoil-band middle rails and double-curve bracing to bottom panels. The north-west and north-east
boundaries to The Lodge (qv) in railings to match, with pair of gates near house, and curved corner; the braced
standards having iron finials. The whole an important part of the setting to all three houses.

Listing NGR: ST4414212064

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26470118

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