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Entrance Gateway and Flanking Lodges to Former Britannia Iron Works

A Grade II Listed Building in Cauldwell, Bedford

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1299 / 52°7'47"N

Longitude: -0.4726 / 0°28'21"W

OS Eastings: 504651

OS Northings: 249059

OS Grid: TL046490

Mapcode National: GBR G25.FC7

Mapcode Global: VHFQ7.RQJK

Plus Code: 9C4X4GHG+XX

Entry Name: Entrance Gateway and Flanking Lodges to Former Britannia Iron Works

Listing Date: 6 September 1989

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1274908

English Heritage Legacy ID: 35592

ID on this website: 101274908

Location: Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42

County: Bedford

Electoral Ward/Division: Cauldwell

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bedford

Traditional County: Bedfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire

Church of England Parish: Bedford St John and St Leonard

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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Description


TL 0449
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KEMPSTON ROAD
Entrance gateway and flanking lodges to former Britannia Iron Works

II

Entrance gateway. 1857-9 by Robert Palgrave. Red brick with Portland stone
dressings. Italianate style. Wooden gates with decorative ironwork framed by
rusticated stone jambs and keyed stone semi-circular arch with raised lettering
and circular spandrels; dentilled imposts continued across raised brick piers
which have alternate stone quoining to lower stages and keyed semi-circular
arched Italinate lights to upper stage; bracketed cornice beneath parapet with
keyed stone round windows and surmounted by stone dock cupola with fish-scale
slates to domed roof. Flanking lodges, each of one bay, have paired Italinate
2-light windows and dentilled cornices continued from imposts of gateway; brick
end stacks with stone cornice. History: the Britannia Iron Works were founded
by James and Frederick Howard in order to manufacture agricultural machinery,
especially ploughs.


Listing NGR: TL0465149059

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