Listed Building: WEST GATE, SCREEN WALL & FENCE POSTS; RUFFORD ABBEY (3.65.8)

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Grade II
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EH LBS Legacy ID 241925
Date assigned 11 August 1961
Date last amended

Description

Gate, screen wall and fence posts. Mid C19. Jacobean Revival style. Probably by A. Salvin. Ashlar, cast and wrought iron. Dwarf boundary wall has chamfered coping. Piers have chamfered rustication, chamfered plinths and moulded cornices. Central pair of wrought iron gates has ornate overthrow with double 'S' monogram. Main gate piers have central round headed recesses with strapwork bands and mask keystones. Above, strapwork band. Above again, rectangular base carrying Savile Achievement with swan crest and parrot supporters. Flanked by 2 square piers with scroll-bracketed obelisks with ball finials. Beyond, 2 terminal piers with strapwork bands, half-pier responds, and concave square caps with ball finials. Dwarf boundary wall with 6 bays of ornate spearhead railing. Outside, 2 guard stones with domed tops. 22 tapered octagonal ashlar fence posts with iron ball finials, carrying spiked chain fence. (NCC/js)

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Grid reference Centred SK 64107 64815 (8m by 37m)
Map sheet SK66SW
District Newark
Civil Parish Rufford, Newark

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Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:39AM

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