Description

TL 13 SW SHILLINGTON & APSLEY END ROAD
STONDON
6/72
29.7.75 Gateway at entrance to the
Manor House

II

Entrance gateway belonging to the Manor House. Earlier C19. Cast iron piers
and railings on colourwashed rendered masonry plinth. Wrought iron gates.
Symmetrical. Consists of 2 outer piers, linked to inner piers by convex
stretch of railings approximately 3 metres lung. Inner piers linked by double
gates. Approximately 1.5 metres at highest point. Outer piers are square in
section, solid, with recessed rectangular panels, and surmounted by moulded
cornice with embattled parapet. Inner piers are octagonal in section, hollow,
with pierced traceried panels, and surmounted by moulded cornice and embattled
parapet. Each inner pier has small moulded panel showing 2 gauntlets clasping
a ring, surrounded by a buckled strap inscribed with the motto "sans changer".
Plain railings with poppyhead finials. Gates have panels of scrollwork
decoration to top and bottom.

Listing NGR: TL1203832289

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599021

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)