Description

WELLINGORE HALL STREET
SK 95 NE (south side)

1/75 Gates and wall to
Wellingore Hall
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GV II

3 sets of gatepiers joined by a wall 110 metres long. c1770 and c1830. Coursed
and dressed limestone rubble and ashlar. To the west a pair of early C19 rusticated
gate piers with knopped ball finials. Stretching along Hall Street a 2 metre high
wall with flat ashlar coping which rises to 3 metres 50 metres along. 25 metres
further along is the original gateway, c1770. 4 rusticated ashlar piers the central
2 topped with ashlar blocks decorated with patera and topped with vestigial ball
finials, the shorter outer 2 piers also have vestigial ball finials. These piers
are joined on either side by round arches, now blocked, with moulded arches and
impost blocks. To the east, another 35 metres of wall, 3 metres high, this curves
to join another rusticated pier with ball finial, and then another pair of
rusticated gate piers, one with a knopped ball finial.

Listing NGR: SK9830556583

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26642650

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