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Latitude: 53.3387 / 53°20'19"N
Longitude: -2.0549 / 2°3'17"W
OS Eastings: 396442
OS Northings: 382424
OS Grid: SJ964824
Mapcode National: GBR GY2T.XW
Mapcode Global: WHBBB.DBQT
Plus Code: 9C5V8WQW+F2
Entry Name: Gate Piers, Gates and Railings, 48 Metres North of North Front of Lyme Park
Listing Date: 14 April 1967
Last Amended: 17 November 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1277459
English Heritage Legacy ID: 406871
ID on this website: 101277459
SJ 98 SE LYME HANDLEY C.P. LYME PARK
4/61 Gate piers, gates and
railings, 48m north of
north front of Lyme
Park. (Formerly listed as
Entrance arch at Lyme Park)
GV II
Gatepiers, overthrow, gates, railings and corner piers: Gate piers
late C17, overthrow and corner piers added mid C18 (perhaps by Sampson
Brelsford), gates and railings 1821 by Lewis Wyatt. Gate piers,
ashlar buff sandstone, square in plan on moulded plinth. Body has
clasping rusticated quoins with semi-circular headed window of
one-roomed lodge covered by iron grill (semi-circular headed door to
rear). Projecting moulded cornice has stepped capstones supporting
pair of lions couchant, looking in opposite directions. Piers joined
by semi-circular overthrow with, at centre, a gadrooned urn with
twisted centre, said to be lodges' chimney. Pair of rectangular iron
gates below, spears with dogbars and some geometric work. Spear
railings on sandstone base join gate piers to corner piers. Each has
a square rusticated body on a moulded plinth and a moulded cornice
above, supporting stepped capstone and spread eagle looking towards
the house. The spear railings continue from the corner piers to the
house.
Listing NGR: SJ9644182423
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