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Latitude: 51.6306 / 51°37'50"N
Longitude: -2.4437 / 2°26'37"W
OS Eastings: 369387
OS Northings: 192518
OS Grid: ST693925
Mapcode National: GBR JY.8D0J
Mapcode Global: VH87Y.L8HS
Plus Code: 9C3VJHJ4+7G
Entry Name: Gatehouse and Flanking Walls, to Leyhill
Listing Date: 5 June 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1321173
English Heritage Legacy ID: 34733
ID on this website: 101321173
Location: South Gloucestershire, GL12
County: South Gloucestershire
Civil Parish: Tortworth
Traditional County: Gloucestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire
Church of England Parish: Tortworth St Leonard
Church of England Diocese: Gloucester
Tagged with: Gatehouse
ST 69 SE TORTWORTH TORTWORTH PARK
1/136 Gatehouse and Flanking Walls,
to Leyhill
G.V.
II
Gatehouse and flanking walls. Circa 1850 by S.S. Teulon. Coursed rubble with
Bath stone dressings; flat roofs concealed behind embattled and pierced parapets.
Central 4-centred arch with enriched spandrels; flanking buttresses; the
parapet is pierced by letters which read "WELCOME" and is flanked by octagonal
ashlar turrets which have crested parapets and an ogee dome with a finial. To
either side of the arch are 2 single storey rooms with a 2-light casement window
and embattled parapet. From these,the walls, of pierced quatrefoil balustrades
on ashlar footings, extend approximately 15 yards to the south and then return
10 yards to the west, and 20 yards to the north. (The Builder, 29.10.1853 and
19.11.1853; Country Life, 13.5.1899).
Listing NGR: ST6938792518
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