Description

TQ 55 41 SPELDHURST SPELDHURST HILL (south side),
SPELDHURST
12/587 Walls, gate-piers and gates at
the entrancce to The Manor

GV II

Walls, gate-piers, pair of timber gates. Probably 1880s, contemporary with
alterations to the Manor (q.v.) for Charles W. Powell. Sandstone ashlar walls
and piers; timber and iron gates, the original oak replaced with a softwood
copy in 1989 but re-using the old ironwork. The retaining walls curve inwards
to the gateway and curve up to the gate-piers with a chamfered moulding below
the coping. Gate-piers square on plan with a deep chamfered plinth and
chamfered cornice. Pair of striking, substantial openwork timber gates, each
with asymmetrical diagonal braces, the moulded cusped timbers forming a
lattice pattern with iron cross-pieces in each panel and tall, moulded cusped
styles. Inside the entrance, on the south side, a well-house in the same
ownership as the Cottage (q.v.) (the neighbouring house to the south) is
ashlar masonry with a doorway with a high quality C17 panelled door with
richly-moulded panels.

Listing NGR: TQ5541741455

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534499

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]