Description

FRAMPTON-ON-SEVERN PERRY WAY
SO 7407-7507
(south side)
10/141 Gatepiers and gates to Frampton
Court and attached wall between
piers (formerly included in The
10,1.55
Green with Frampton Court)
II*
Gatepiers and gates, and section of wall providing formal entrance
to Frampton Court (q.v.) on north east of estate. Probably mid
C18, soon after building of house in 1735. Large ashlar
rusticated gatepiers with moulded plinth and cornice and large urn
finials, with flanking ashlar side pieces also with moulded cornice
and small finials, one finial missing to left on inner side. Pair
of fine decorative wrought iron gates between. Coped ashlar wall
sweeps down for about 2m on both sides to smaller square ashlar
pier with moulded plinth and cornice and rusticated round arched
niche to front. Walls sweep down again and curve forward as 2
quadrants to smaller version main pier, with cap finials. Height
of tallest pair of piers in centre approximately 5m, lowest on
outside 2.8m. Length across front, at angle to Perry Way,
approximately 20m.

Listing NGR: SO7536707920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17537783

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)