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Gates and Gate Piers at Briggens House Hotel 300 Metres North of House

A Grade II Listed Building in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7842 / 51°47'3"N

Longitude: 0.0478 / 0°2'52"E

OS Eastings: 541351

OS Northings: 211490

OS Grid: TL413114

Mapcode National: GBR LDF.0WY

Mapcode Global: VHHM5.SF42

Plus Code: 9F32Q2MX+M4

Entry Name: Gates and Gate Piers at Briggens House Hotel 300 Metres North of House

Listing Date: 19 September 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1101977

English Heritage Legacy ID: 159962

ID on this website: 101101977

Location: East Hertfordshire, SG12

County: Hertfordshire

District: East Hertfordshire

Civil Parish: Hunsdon

Traditional County: Hertfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire

Church of England Parish: Hunsdon

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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Description


TL 41 SW HUNSDON HARLOW ROAD (A414)
(south side)

2/25 Gates and Gate Piers
at Briggens House
- Hotel 300 metres N
of house

GV II


Gates and gate piers. Early C19. Neo-classical cast iron gates
and piers at entrance to North Drive at Briggens. A pair of
gates with simple upright spears with heavy flanged heads set in
a line and crossed bars in the lower part of each leaf. Tall
openwork cast iron piers in the form of tapered square pylons on
ball feet, a saltire with superimposed oval at top and bottom,
stylized anthemion ornament up each face within a margin of
rosettes, all topped by deep flat square caps. Similar side
railings sweep down to lower terminal piers of cast iron of
similar design to the higher piers. Early C19 cast iron gates of
a distinguished Neo-classical design. Part of the setting of the
mansion and of the group of historic buildings about it.


Listing NGR: TL4135111490

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