Description

TQ 2979 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER THE MALL, SW1
90/21
Buckingham Palace forecourt
5.2.70 gate piers, gates,
railings and lamps

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G.V.

Palace forecourt gate piers with lamps, gates, railings. 1901-1911 by Sir Aston
Webb as part of his Victoria Memorial scheme together with the gates,
balustrades etc at the west end of the Mall, q.v. Portland stone and ornate
ironwork. Beaux Arts inspired Imperial classicism. Tall panelled gate piers
with carved trophies and ornamented, surmounted by sculptural groups and
heraldic beasts, the main piers with candelabra lanterns and single lanterns to
the piers spacing the railings; the ornamental gates of wrought iron and bronze
by W Gilbert and L Weingarten of the Bromsgrove Guild. The gate piers are in fact
those designed by Blore in 1847-50, re-used, copied and elaborated by Webb.

Listing NGR: TQ2911379693

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17527297

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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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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback