Description

NY 6127 TEMPLE SOWERBY THE GREEN, TEMPLE
SOWERBY (east side)

16/145 Low walls, gate piers
gates & railings to
front of Beech House,
Beech Cottage, and
Sheriff House

G.V. II

Beech House has low ashlar walls with chamfered copings; slender, rusticated
gate piers to south end have corniced square capitals with domical tops.
Railings and double gate are late C18 wrought iron with spearhead standards.
Beech Cottage has inserted, coursed, squared rubble wall with flat copings;
monolithic slab gate-piers have curved tops. Mid C19 cast-iron railings have
openwork fleurs-de-lis standards; wrought-iron gate has scrollwork panels and
overthrow with iron-twist standards. Sheriff House has low ashlar walls with
chamfered copings and moulded plinth; rusticated piers at each end and on either
side of central gate have moulded bases with fluting and dentils to square,
corniced, capitals. Large urns top gate piers with smaller urns to the 2 end
piers. Railings are late C18 with spearhead standards and urn finials;
wrought-iron gate has scrollwork overthrow. C20 drive gate is not included.

Listing NGR: NY6113927280

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26520961

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)