Description

PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE GATEPIERS AT SW: later 18th century. 3 gatepiers, ashlar and Aberdeen bond set on plinths with ball finials, round-coped rubble quadrants to 2 similar smaller piers; rubble boundary walls adjoining.

GATEPIERS (TO DEMOLISHED HOME FARM HOUSE): later 18th century.

2 gatepiers, ashlar and Aberdeen bond with rectangular banded ball finials on elongated necks; rubble boundary walls adjoining.

Statement of Interest

These gatepiers are stylistically similar to the attic and finials at Gagie House Summerhouse (dated 1762). The adjoining walls are extensive and an integral part of the group. See NOTES for Gagie House. In an A group with Gagie House, Summerhouse, Walled Garden and Sundial, Outer Gatepiers and Adjoining Walls, Coach House/Stable, and Home Farm.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17770360

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments