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Latitude: 51.452 / 51°27'7"N
Longitude: -2.361 / 2°21'39"W
OS Eastings: 375013
OS Northings: 172614
OS Grid: ST750726
Mapcode National: GBR 0PJ.XKK
Mapcode Global: VH967.1R6S
Plus Code: 9C3VFJ2Q+QJ
Entry Name: Garden Walls and Gateways About 15 Metres South of the Manor House
Listing Date: 17 September 1952
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1290769
English Heritage Legacy ID: 394546
ID on this website: 101290769
Location: Cold Ashton, South Gloucestershire, SN14
County: South Gloucestershire
Civil Parish: Cold Ashton
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire
Church of England Parish: Marshfield with Cold Ashton and Tormarton
Church of England Diocese: Bristol
Tagged with: Wall
ST 77 SE COLD ASHTON C.P. HYDES LANE (north side)
9/28 Garden walls and gateways about
15 metres south of the Manor House
17.9.52
G.V.
I
Garden walls and gateways. Early C17. Limestone rubble and freestone with
stone dressings. Walls about 65 metres long along south and returned about
15 metres to north, about 4 metres high, stepped to left, with weathered coping.
Fine central Renaissance style archway with engaged square Roman Doric columns
with banded rustication rising from plinths with diamond mouldings, cornice,
triglyph and rosette frieze upper cornice, all broken forward over columns,
surmounted by 2 floriated urns and central enriched coat of arms of Sir Robert
Gunning of 1678 (urns and arms placed later), masks and scroll work to each side
of coat of arms. Central round-headed archway with voussoirs and pilaster with
similar capital to each side, double doors with 4 raised panels, frieze and radial
carving in upper section; semi circular steps in front of archway. Rear of
archway has no rustication, plain pilasters rising from similar plinths, plainer
moulded cornice, triglyph and rosette frieze, upper cornice, arms and urns as on
front; chamfered 4-centred arch to door surround, door plain at rear. Entrance
to right with segmental head and chamfered surround and segmental-headed door in
wall to west. (Sources: Verey, D. : Buildings of England Gloucestershire : The
Cotswolds. 1970. Country Life, February 14th, 1925, p.240).
Listing NGR: ST7501372614
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