Description

WHALTON WHALTON VILLAGE
NZ 1381
(North side)
12/165 Garden walls and
gate piers to south
of Manor House and
west of Manor House
GV II
Garden wall and gatepiers, 1908-9 by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Squared stone, snecked
stone, coursed rubble, with cut dressings; ashlar gatepiers. Tall gate piers
flanking Manor House entrance have plinth, moulded capitals and decorated urn
finials; attached wrought-iron box-section jambs are remnants of ornate gates
removed c.1940. Approach walls link piers to house; that to left snecked stone,
to right coursed rubble; heavy flat coping, each wall with vertical-panelled
door in 4-centred frame under stepped keyed lintel. To left of entrance squared
stone wall with pilasters and slightly-raised coping; left return holds gate
with pyramid-capped piers, and links to south-west corner of West Manor House
(q.v.). To right of entrance coursed rubble wall with flat coping broken by
section with railings, at time of survey obscured by holly hedge, between 2
pyramid-capped piers.

Listing NGR: NZ1321381430

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530661

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990