Description

NUNTHORPE EAST SIDE,
NZ 51 SW (5413)
Nunthorpe Village
6/107 Gates, gatepiers and
crescent walls at
entrance to Nunthorpe
Hall.
G.V. II
Gates, gatepiers, crescent walls and terminal piers, at entrance to
Nunthorpe Hall, 1901. Sandstone ashlar piers; chevron-tooled dressed
sandstone walls with tooled borders; and iron gates. Gates and gatepiers
flanked by crescent-plan screen walls with outer piers. Gates each have
arrow-spiked dograil, geometric-pattern lockrail, vertical end panels
scrolled and enriched with waterleaves, central oval medallion, with
entwined monogram of Pease, under acanthus and scrolled crest and scrolled
mock overthrow with waterleaves. Each gatepier has central pilaster strip
and vermiculate-rusticated bands, moulded plinth and cornices and pineapple
finial on stem. Walls have chamfered copings. Similar outer piers with
ogee caps. Boundary walls adjoining outer piers, to north and south, and
late C20 brick and concrete outbuilding adjoining rear of south crescent
wall, are not of special interest. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: NZ5408413169

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432626

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)