Description

SJ 87 NW NETHER ALDERLEY C.P. CONGLETON ROAD
(East Side)

4/126 Gate piers, wing walls
and bridge over moat to
the Old Hall

GV II

Gate piers, wing walls and bridge: C17; Ashlar buff sandstone. Short
tall wing walls with triangular coping flank gate piers, a squashed
T-shape in plan, with ovolo mouldings on each edge. These have a
weathered capstone and added cubic finials with diamond shaped panels.
C20 wrought iron gate opens onto bridge with low parapets over a
recessed segmental arch. Flagged walkway. Parapet turns and becomes
revetment wall to moat and joins the house.

The earliest hall of late C16 was reached by a drawbridge probably
replaced by these structures c.1660 when hall extended.

Listing NGR: SJ8434476309

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q58808908

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)