Description

SU 46 NW HAMSTEAD MARSHALL PARK LANE (East Side)

15/8 Pair of Gate piers 30
metres South of East
end of Church

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Gate piers. Early C18. Brick with stone dressings. Pair of tall square
piers with stone plinth base and moulded stone plinth cap. Stone corniced
caps surmounted by carved stone vases with swags, fruit and flowers. east
and west faces have arched niches above plinths with stone strings at
impost level, stone keys and stone shells in arches and moulded stone
panels above niches. north and south faces have brick pilasters for gate
hinges, wall or railings, capped by stone moulded cornices and scrolls.
Gate piers to the former Manor House, built for the Earl of Craven by Sir
Balthazar Gerbier and William Wynne, and burnt down in 1718. B.O.E. Berkshire
p.152, Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide, p.127.

Listing NGR: SU4200566711

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17528578

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Recommended Books

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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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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)