Description

BARROW IN FURNESS

SD27NW TIPPIN'S LANE, Ireleth
708-1/1/224 (West side (off))
25/02/50 Gate piers and wall enclosing
forecourt at Marsh Grange
(Formerly Listed as:
OFF TIPPIN'S LANE, Ireleth
Gate piers to walled forecourt,
Marsh Grange)

GV II*

Gate piers and forecourt wall. Late C17-early C18. Grey ashlar
sandstone piers; slate and limestone rubble walling.
Rectangular enclosure wall with gate piers flanking vehicle
entrance opposite front door of Marsh Grange (qv). Gate piers
each have moulded plinth, sunken panelled pilaster and
bolection moulded frieze under dentilled cornice surmounted by
large ball finial on ogee pedestal. Pilaster strips on the
inner faces; C20 gates. Forecourt wall: approx 2-3m in height;
walls step up near front returns. Doorway at each end of path
across front of house: left doorway has segmental arch; right
has moulded ashlar surround. Walls return to adjoin the house,
each return appears to be fragment of an earlier building and
has moulded plinth and cross-window (that on left altered).

Listing NGR: SD2212379707

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17541379

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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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  For the Record
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)