Description

RABY WITH KEVERSTONE A 688 NZ 12 SW (West side) 9/75 North Lodges to 14/9/66 Raby Castle, with north quadrant wall attached, and gates

GV II

Castle gate lodges, piers, gates. C18, by J. Carr. Coursed squared sandstone with plinth, quoins and ashlar dressings; pantiled roof on rear extension, main roof not visible. Wall coursed squared sandstone. Gates wrought and cast iron. Gothic style. One-storey, one-bay lodges linked by pedestrian gateways to gatepiers. Embattled lodges have wide shuttered openings with flat stone sills and lintels in bowed full-height central projections; blind arrow loops in narrow corner sections. Parapet band continuous with flat coping of walls containing segmental-headed pedestrian gateways with voussoirs. Square gate piers have cross loops, obscured by notice boards, under projecting embattled parapets. Quadrant wall attached to north lodge has gabled coping and ends at stone stile for public footpath. Pedestrian and vehicle gates have scroll-headed principals; tied Gothic arcading in narrow panels; central horizontal panel with flower pattern; Jacobean-style headed square-section uprights. Some details missing at time of survey. Rear of lodges shows bowed projections similar to those at front.

Listing NGR: NZ1324922053

External Links

• Wikidata Q26622913

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