Description

FORCETT AND CARKIN FORCETT PARK
NZ 1612-1712
10/46 East gateway and lodges
(formerly listed as East
Gateway at Forcett Hall,
4.2.69 lodge to North of East
Gateway at Forcett Hall,
lodge to South of East
Gateway at Forcett Hall)

GV II*

Gates, gateway, railings and 2 lodges. Early C18, probably by Daniel
Garrett for Richard Shuttleworth, with C19 railings and gates. Ashlar
sandstone with vertical parallel tooling, Welsh slate roofs; cast-iron
railings and gates. Central entrance with carriageway flanked by pedestrian
gates linked by wall with railings to side lodges. Gateway: central round-
arched carriageway with archivolt and square responds with caps which
continue as cornices over straight-headed side gate openings; 4 Roman Doric
half columns support open central pediment and large Doric frieze over side
gates, the cornice continuing into pediment; surmounted by 5 large urn
finials, some damaged, the inner three with gadrooning. 2 main central
gates (the northern one lying broken on the ground nearby at the time of
resurvey): moulded bars, round-arched triple "arcading", the lower halves
almost filled with decorative patterns, and with base rail with diapers and
paterae, and elaborate scrolling across the top. Side gates: of similar
design to main gates but without decorated base rail and top scrolling, and
with bronze cresting to finial. Railings: low wall supporting railings
which have round bars with decorative finials. Lodges: 1 storey, 1 bay:
Roman Doric Venetian window set within round arch, the sills continued as
band lining through with coping below railings; pediment, with inclined
parapet above terminating in circular gable chimney. Rear elevations the
same. Inner return sides of lodges: 4-panel door in rusticated quoined
surround with raised extended lintel and large tripartite keystone. Moulded
cornice. South lodge has extension to south, not of special interest.
North lodge has extensions to north and east, not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ1750612305

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17538921

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Recommended Books

• 
  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  For the Record
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)