Description

BIRKENHEAD

SJ3189 PARK ROAD NORTH
789-1/8/114 (South West side)
29/07/50 Grand Entrance Gateway with north
and south lodges

GV II*

Formerly known as: Conway Street Gates and Lodges BIRKENHEAD
PARK.
Gates and lodges to Birkenhead Park. Dated 1847. By
L.Hornblower and J.Robertson for Sir Joseph Paxton. Ashlar.
Massive triple archway with segmental arches articulated by
order of full-height coupled Ionic columns which also
continues across the flanking lodges. Attic over central gate
with date. Cast-iron gates. Lodges adjoin to each side, with a
single 12-pane sash window on each floor in NE elevation.
Principal elevations of the 2 identical lodges face inwards
towards the drive: 2 storeys, 3 bays divided by pilasters,
with central 4-panelled door in architrave raised up steps,
and 12-pane sash windows. Balustraded parapet. Spear head
railings in front of each. Curved flanking wall each side on
NE elevation.

Listing NGR: SJ3139089123

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Grand Entrance to Birkenhead Park at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15978997

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Recommended Books

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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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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)