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Main and Side Gates and Four Gate Piers to South East of Kimbolton School

A Grade II* Listed Building in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2947 / 52°17'40"N

Longitude: -0.3822 / 0°22'55"W

OS Eastings: 510427

OS Northings: 267519

OS Grid: TL104675

Mapcode National: GBR H1P.063

Mapcode Global: VHFPJ.BL97

Plus Code: 9C4X7JV9+V4

Entry Name: Main and Side Gates and Four Gate Piers to South East of Kimbolton School

Listing Date: 24 October 1951

Last Amended: 28 April 1983

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1210891

English Heritage Legacy ID: 395468

ID on this website: 101210891

Location: Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, PE19

County: Cambridgeshire

District: Huntingdonshire

Civil Parish: Kimbolton

Built-Up Area: Stonely

Traditional County: Huntingdonshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Kimbolton St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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Description


KIMBOLTON LONDON ROAD
TL 1067-1167
(SOUTH SIDE)
7/22 MAIN AND SIDE GATES
24.10.51
AND FOUR GATE PIERS
TO SOUTH EAST OF
KIMBOLTON SCHOOL
(FORMERLY LISTED
AS GATES TO ST.
NEOTS ROAD)
II*
Early C18. Four square section piers of rusticated stone ashlar
on plinth and with entablature having on south side, mid C18
frieze decorated with festoons, drops and paterae. Moulded
cornice and shallow pyramidal finials. Early C18 gates of
wrought iron surmounted by scrolls, arabesques and full
achievements of Montagu coat of arms. Two inner piers linked to
outer piers by wall of coursed and dressed stone with moulded
cornice and parapet. Moulded architraves to openings for side
gates. The gates and piers were probably originally at the east
entrance to the Park in Park Lane and removed to their present
location in c.1763-66.
Cosmo Wallace: 1763 Map of Kimbolton (Huntingdon R.O. SF457).
VCH (Hunts) Vol. III. RCHM (Hunts) p171.
Pevsner: Buildings of England, p281. (published by Kimbolton
School).
A.T. Bolton: The Architecture of Robert and James Adam 1758-94.
Vol I, p65.


Listing NGR: TL1042767519

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