Wall and Railings Enclosing Lawn in Front of Sun Hotel, Warkworth
Description: Wall and Railings Enclosing Lawn in Front of Sun Hotel
Grade: II
Date Listed: 1 September 1988
English Heritage Building ID: 237181
OS Grid Reference: NU2478205850
OS Grid Coordinates: 424782, 605850
Latitude/Longitude: 55.3461, -1.6108
Location: Castle Terrace, Warkworth, Northumberland NE65 0UP
Locality: Warkworth
Local Authority: Northumberland
County: Northumberland
Country: England
Postcode: NE65 0UP
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Listing Text
NU 2405 WARKWORTH CASTLE TERRACE
(East end)
22/290 Wall and railings
enclosing lawn in
front of Sun Hotel
GV II
Wall and railings enclosing lawn, probably c.1825. Squared stone with cut
dressings; cast iron. Crescent-shaped sloping lawn. Longer downhill side,
towards Sun Hotel, has 1.2-metre high retaining wall with chamfered plinth,
pitched coping and pilasters; central gateway has rectangular piers, with
banded pyramidal caps, flanking 5 steps up to lawn. Upper edge of lawn,
towards road, has dwarf wall with chamfered coping carrying railing with open
lozenge-shaped tops to bars, between monolithic end piers with gabled caps.
Part of railing damaged by road accident at time of listing.
Listing NGR: NU2478205850
Source: English Heritage
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