Description

SHALDON

SX9372 TORQUAY ROAD, Shaldon
25-1/6/89 (South side)
29/07/83 Gates, gate piers and walls to north
east of Fonthill
(Formerly Listed as:
TEIGNMOUTH
TORQUAY ROAD, Shaldon
Gate piers to Fonthill)

II

Gates and gate piers set back from the road, and walls.
Mid C19. Wrought-iron gates, rough Plymouth stone ashlar gate
piers and walls. Ornate finely-wrought double gates approx 3m
high hang from massive gate piers approx 4m high with moulded
plinths, banded rustication, stepped and swept caps and large
ball finials. To the right is a wrought-and cast-iron
pedestrian gate approx 2m high of trellis design, with a
simple pyramidal-capped gate pier. The gates are flanked by
coped walls, that to the left is approx 1.5m high and curves
toward the road for approx 15m, that to the right curves for
approx 2m, terminated at both ends by lower piers with stepped
pyramidal caps and stone fleur-de-lys finials.

Listing NGR: SX9314672090

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559269

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)