Description

ASTON-CUM-AUGHTON WORKSOP ROAD
5K48NE
(south side),
Aston
6/20 Entrance gateway and
attached railings at
The Lodge
GV II
Gateway with attached railings. Mid C19. For the Aston Hall estate. Ashlar
sandstone piers, cast- and wrought-iron railings. Large double gate with
side gates and railings extending for approximately 9 metres to each side.
Piers: square and each with plinth, sunken-panelled shaft egg-and-dart
enriched cornice and surmounted by tripod torchere. Gates: each has central
roundel of Greek fret ornament around central rose, side panels with
anthemion motifs, top rail with cast spear-head finials. Axe-head finial to
meeting stile of double gate; its lock with impressed mark "WALKER / WALMGATE
/ YORK", Railings to left set in curve an plinth wall have spear-head
finials and plain ashlar end pier; similar straight length of railings on
right with end pier. Forms main entrance to Aston Hall (now known as Aughton
Court q.v.).

Listing NGR: SK4682885309

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26444859

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)