Description

WARE TOWN

TL3514SE CHURCH STREET
829-1/9/51 (North side)
Screen walls and gates to The Manor
House

GV II

Screen walls and gates. Mid C19 (pre-1851) constructed as part
of the comprehensive remodelling of The Manor House (qv), and
the laying out of its garden and forecourt. Screen walls and
piers brick, stuccoed, with stone copings and pier caps, and
timber gates. 'S' curve back from street frontage of screen
walls, which also reduce in height in an 'S' curve, from their
junctions, left, and right, with Nos 8 and 9 and either side.
Central carriage gateway, with pedestrian gateway at right,
with substantial piers, and stone caps with cyma recta
mouldings. Late C19 wrought-iron scrollwork lamp mounting on
right hand pier of pedestrian gateway. Granite spur stones to
protect piers of carriage entrance. Paired 6 recessed panel
wooden gates to vehicle entry with single 6 recessed panel
gate to pedestrian entry, all with ramped, moulded cappings.
Included for group value.
(Ware 25" to 1 Mile. Surveyed by the Ordnance Survey
Department: 1851-).

Listing NGR: TL3569514477

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26565004

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  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)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets