Description

BRAY DRIFT ROAD
SU 97 NW
(south side, off)
10/31 Entrance gates and piers,
terrace walls and steps,
adjoining New Lodge on north side
G.V. II

Entrance gates and piers, walls and steps forming entrance terrace, now enclosing car parking.
c 1857 by T Cubitt. Stock brick walls with stone dressings; stone flights of steps and
ornaments. 2 gate piers on east side, stone with brick insets. Octagonal roll-moulded shafts on
square bases, with moulded plinths. Moulded cornices with floral decoration; surmounted by a
griffin clasping a shield of arms, sitting on a 4-stage base, the bottom stage with a quatrefoil
carved on each face. 2 wrought-iron gates, decorated with open-circles and scrolls, with an
arrowhead top rail. Walls on west, north, and on east with gate piers (q.v.). Projecting plinth
with weathered, stone capping; moulded stone coping; slightly projecting piers at regular
intervals. A flight of stone steps on the east and west sides, each of 6 steps. Weathered
strings; 4 large square newels with moulded plinth and cornice surmounted by urns. At the higher
level, smaller U-plan terraces are enclosed by parapet walls of stone, with pierced cusped
balustrades and inset leaf ornament. Carved and moulded dies, and moulded coping. The corner
newels and piers are surmounted by urns and vases. The top newels on each flight of steps have a
pair of small wrought iron gates similar in style to the entrance gates and with rose ornament.
Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SU9116975075

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26429465

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide