Description

LANHYDROCK LANHYDROCK PARK
SX 06 SE
9/86 Gateway and flanking walls at the
- east entrance to Lanhydrock Park

GV I

Gateway and flanking walls. Dated 1657 ILR, for John and Lucy Robartes. Granite and
slatestone rubble with granite dressings ; C20 wooden gates.
Plan: Central wide gateway, with piers, and flanking walls swept forward about 15
metres to terminal piers. At each side of the central gateway a pedestrian gateway.
Exterior: The central gateway has a pair of large square plan granite piers, with
roll-mouldings, undercut at the inner angle, with cornice; surmounted by obelisk with
ball finial. About 4 metres high overall. C20 wooden gate. The flanking walls are
in rubble, swept forward in a quadrant, about 3 metres high, increasing in height
with the slope of the ground towards the front. Square plan granite ashlar terminal
piers, surmounted by obelisks with ball finials. To each side of the main gateway, a
pedestrian arch with round slatestone arch, each with C20 wooden gate.

Listing NGR: SX0957063567

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529273

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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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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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  For the Record
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)