Description

CIRENCESTER

SP0201 WATERMOOR ROAD
578-1/6/333 (North East side)
23/07/71 Gates, doors, piers and attached
quadrants of wall to Watermoor House
(Formerly Listed as:
WATERMOOR ROAD
Watermoor House and gate piers)

GV II

Entrance gates, doors, piers and attached quadrants of wall.
1827. By William Jay for Joseph Mullings. Piers and walls in
limestone ashlar and coursed squared limestone; gates and
panels over doors in wrought and cast-iron. Pair of gates
approximately 3m high with waterlily tops to bars and dog
bars, horizontal cast-iron decorative panel to centre;
flanking ashlar gate piers with recessed corners and deep
plinth have anthemion and palmette frieze, enriched moulded
cornice, stepped cap with ball finial. Flanking sections of
straight wall each have door divided into 4 vertical panels by
applied moulding in plain reveal, deep plinth, moulded cornice
and parapet with cast-iron panel over door. Flanking quadrants
of wall in coursed squared limestone with ashlar coping.
(The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The
Cotswolds: London: 1970-: P.182; Welsford J: Cirencester: A
History and Guide: Gloucester: 1987-: P.122).

Listing NGR: SP0256901511

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482730

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)