Description

SP 01 SW WITHINGTON -

7/149 Walls and piers forming
boundary to garden of Cassey
23.1.52 Compton House
(formerly listed with Manor House)

GV II

Boundary walls and piers with urns. Mainly C17, wall in front of
stableblock early/mid C18. Mostly limestone ashlar, some faced to
coursed and dressed stone. Wall runs parallel to stableblock, then
c80m to south at its west end and c80m to east, in front of house.
Walls range in height from c1m - c4m. Wall north of canal ramped
up and down in places. Walls west and south of canal vary in
height according to changes in ground level. Piers on south
(removed from original position), square with fielded panels on
sides, moulded cappings and fine urn finials with gadrooning at
base and delicate foliate carving incorporating roses, fruit and
grotesque heads around top and forming finials. Saddleback coping
to low wall between piers. Flat coping sloped outwards to other
walls. (Atkyn's History of Gloucestershire, engraving of c1712 by
Kip).

Listing NGR: SP0496114908

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26381732

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)