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Garden Walls and Gateways About 15 Metres South of the Manor House

A Grade I Listed Building in Cold Ashton, South Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.452 / 51°27'7"N

Longitude: -2.361 / 2°21'39"W

OS Eastings: 375013

OS Northings: 172614

OS Grid: ST750726

Mapcode National: GBR 0PJ.XKK

Mapcode Global: VH967.1R6S

Plus Code: 9C3VFJ2Q+QJ

Entry Name: Garden Walls and Gateways About 15 Metres South of the Manor House

Listing Date: 17 September 1952

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1290769

English Heritage Legacy ID: 394546

ID on this website: 101290769

Location: Cold Ashton, South Gloucestershire, SN14

County: South Gloucestershire

Civil Parish: Cold Ashton

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Marshfield with Cold Ashton and Tormarton

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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Description


ST 77 SE COLD ASHTON C.P. HYDES LANE (north side)

9/28 Garden walls and gateways about 15 metres south of the Manor House 17.9.52 G.V. I

Garden walls and gateways. Early C17. Limestone rubble and freestone with stone dressings. Walls about 65 metres long along south and returned about 15 metres to north, about 4 metres high, stepped to left, with weathered coping. Fine central Renaissance style archway with engaged square Roman Doric columns with banded rustication rising from plinths with diamond mouldings, cornice, triglyph and rosette frieze upper cornice, all broken forward over columns, surmounted by 2 floriated urns and central enriched coat of arms of Sir Robert Gunning of 1678 (urns and arms placed later), masks and scroll work to each side of coat of arms. Central round-headed archway with voussoirs and pilaster with similar capital to each side, double doors with 4 raised panels, frieze and radial carving in upper section; semi circular steps in front of archway. Rear of archway has no rustication, plain pilasters rising from similar plinths, plainer moulded cornice, triglyph and rosette frieze, upper cornice, arms and urns as on front; chamfered 4-centred arch to door surround, door plain at rear. Entrance to right with segmental head and chamfered surround and segmental-headed door in wall to west. (Sources: Verey, D. : Buildings of England Gloucestershire : The Cotswolds. 1970. Country Life, February 14th, 1925, p.240).

Listing NGR: ST7501372614

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