Description

SJ 4162 ECCLESTON C.P. CHURCH ROAD
(North side)

7/104 Churchyard gates, piers
and wing walls

GV II

Pair of gates, side screens, gate piers and wing walls. Gates, side
screens and piers, c.1722, ascribed to Robert and John Davies of Croes
Foel; wing walls probably 1957. Wrought iron, with stone piers and
wing walls. Ornate dog-bars; scrolled lockrail; gilded wrought
cartouche in central panel of each gate (above lockrail); decorative
panels below and above lockrail in each side screen. Overthrow with
repousse'floral and leaf patterns, carrying central shield (with
Grosvenor Arms since 1957). Scrollwork terminates in repousse leaves.
Square rusticated red sandstone piers with moulded plinths and urn
caps. Quadrant rock-faced red sandstone wing walls with flush rounded
copings.
The Duke of Westminster bought, removed and re-erected the gates and
piers on the demolition of Emral Hall in 1957. (The Davies Bros.,
Gatesmiths; Ifor Edwards; Welsh Arts Council 1977).

Listing NGR: SJ4130062573

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26615277

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide