Description

TRING CHURCH YARD
SP 9211
(East side)
11/55 Gatehouse to
Sutton Court
-
GV II
Gatehouse to clergy house now Sutton Court (q.v.). 1825, said to have
been designed by Rev. Charles Lacy, incumbent 1819-39, and built at his
expense (Richards(1974)38). E bay removed c.1970. Red brick with stone
and stucco dressings and steep old red tile roof. A tall single-storey
gatehouse range facing S. A convincing Tudor style design with large
gabled 4-centred arched gateway, blank stone shields in panel over,
octagonal crenellated turrets and jamb mouldings unbroken at spriging
of the arch. Plinth and hoodmould to arch continued as strings across
turrets. Raking brick coping to gables front and rear. Square passageway
has moulded rib cross-vault with floral boss at centre and at wall ends
of ribs, and corner corbels. Elaborate wooden traceried double doors in
W wall. Buckley dwg of 1832 (HRO) shows gateway in middle of 3-bays
range, but E bay now gone. W bay remains with projecting W gable
chimney, blank labelled recess on S, 3-light large mullioned and
transomed labelled window on N, and W-end door under tiled lean-to hood
with elaborately cusped brackets. Gabled N side of gateway has simpler
mouldings and stepped brick buttresses with tumbled offsets.

Listing NGR: SP9244611533

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26318744

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)