Description

PARISH OF SHIPLEY SHIPLEY PARK ROAD
SK 44 SW
5/47 (East Side)
Western gatepiers
14.10.74
and walls to Derby
Lodge at SK 435 444

GV II

Gatepiers and walls. c1910, probably by Walter Tapper. Built for
the Miller-Mundys of Shipley Hall. Ashlar and rubble sandstone.
Central pair of square gatepiers approximately 15 feet high, with
moulded bases and cornices, ball finials and inset panels to east
and west sides. North and south sides have broad pilaster strips
with scrolled tops. To either side,similar smaller piers and
between each set of piers are pairs of double wooden gates of a
later date. Attached to smaller piers on either side are low
rubble walls with flat copings which curve westwards and end in
plain square piers with moulded bases, only the northern pier
remains to full height with moulded cornice and ball finial to
top. Attached to north and south of these piers are 8 feet high
random rubble walls with flat copings. Approximately every
10 feet the walls ramp upwards and just beyond each ramp to south
is a plain pilaster strip.

Listing NGR: SK4357344452

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452203

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