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Latitude: 54.6658 / 54°39'56"N
Longitude: -1.6713 / 1°40'16"W
OS Eastings: 421300
OS Northings: 530124
OS Grid: NZ213301
Mapcode National: GBR JGRH.Z7
Mapcode Global: WHC52.9ZDK
Plus Code: 9C6WM88H+8F
Entry Name: Auckland Castle Entrance Gateway
Listing Date: 21 April 1952
Last Amended: 23 May 1994
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1297645
English Heritage Legacy ID: 385599
ID on this website: 101297645
Location: Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14
County: County Durham
Civil Parish: Bishop Auckland
Built-Up Area: Bishop Auckland
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham
Church of England Parish: Bishop Auckland
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Architectural structure
BISHOP AUCKLAND
NZ2130 AUCKLAND CASTLE PARK
634-1/8/81 (East side)
21/04/52 Auckland Castle entrance gateway
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET PLACE
Entrance Gateway to the Castle)
GV I
Castle gateway with gates. 1760. By Sir Thomas Robinson of
Rokeby for Bishop William Trevor. Ashlar with ashlar dressings
and lead roofs. Gothick style. Vehicle arch in high gate
flanked by lower screen walls with pedestrian arches.
Moulded pointed arch rests on impost and chamfered pilasters,
flanked by triple shafts with clasping rings which end in tall
octagonal spirelets with bud finials. Recessed pairs of Gothic
daggers in spandrels. Narrow set back side sections have
niches with ogee heads, below pierced quatrefoils. Architrave,
frieze and cornice, in manner of Classical entablature, and
battlemented parapet.
Square clock tower set on sloping, lead-covered plinth behind
parapet, has angle pilasters with ball-topped obelisk finials,
and swept low pyramidal lead spire with ball finial. Clocks on
east and west fronts, blind quatrefoils with cross slits on
north and south. Central arch has quadripartite ribs, and
pointed arched door surround and oak panelled door in south
wall. Flanking lower side walls have moulded, pointed arches,
and eaves string below battlements.
Rear elevation similar to front. Vehicle and pedestrian gates
have spear-headed alternate principals and dogbars; pedestrian
arches have wrought-iron guards in arch heads.
(Colvin H: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects
1600-1840: London: 1978-: 703).
Listing NGR: NZ2130030124
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