Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q87577655

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)