Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38SE NORTON LANE, Norton
784-1/10/871 (East side (off))
28/06/73 Gateway and adjoining walls at
garden entrance to Oaks Park
(Formerly Listed as:
NORTON LANE
Gateway at main entrance to gardens
of Oaks Park)

GV II*

Gateway and adjoining walls and gate piers. Early C18 and
early C19. Main gateway has a pair of corniced ashlar gate
piers topped with carved urns. Elaborate high quality
wrought-iron gates with overthrow. Concave screen walls with
ramped slab coping, with corniced square pier to right.
Adjoining wall, coursed squared stone with slab coping, approx
1.3m high, has a wrought-iron pedestrian gate to left of the
main gateway. This wall runs to left in a convex curve, then
in a straight section approx 100m long. Part way along this
section is a short similar wall at right angles, with a pair
of rusticated ashlar gate piers with ball finials, leading to
the stable yard. At the far end, a short section approx 2.5m
high, linked to the rear of Oaks Park (qv) and containing a
gateway.

Listing NGR: SK3654182076

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536040

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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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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)