Description

CIRENCESTER

SP0102 CECILY HILL
578-1/3/61 Cecily Hill gates and screen
23/07/71
(Formerly Listed as:
CECILY HILL
Cecily Hill Gate)

GV II

Pair of large gates and screen of railings with 2 footgates.
C18 and c1856. C18 gates attributed to Warren of Cambridge,
C19 work possibly by Gillmans of Cirencester. Wrought-iron on
sandstone bases, one length limestone, with chamfered top.
Pair of gates to centre approximately 3m high with horizontal
panel of scrolled openwork and dog bars with wrought tops in
surround of scrolled openwork with similar overthrow
surmounted by Bathurst monogram and coronet, anthemion finials
probably c1856. C19 square-section railings with spear tops
ramp down from centre to approximately 2m high with 2 panels
of scrolled openwork with anthemion finials to each side, 2
similar panels flanking footgates with panels and tops of
scrolled openwork to far left and right. C18 gates brought
from Carshalton, screen made locally, erected c1856.
(The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The
Cotswolds: London: 1970-: P 177; Information from Cirencester
Archaeological & Historical Society: Print showing screen in
Savory's History of Cirencester 1858).

Listing NGR: SP0181702132

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482638

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets