| HER Number (PRN): | 19205 |
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| Name: | Gateway and flanking walls apx 300m to SE of Hodnet Hall, Hodnet |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1176425: GATEWAY AND FLANKING WALLS APPROXIMATELY 300 METRES TO SOUTH EAST OF HODNET HALL |
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Monument Type(s):
- GATE (17th century - 1631 AD to 1631 AD)
- WALL (20th century (post-war) - 1954 AD to 1954 AD)
Summary
A gateway, dated 1631, and a flanking wall, dated 1954, which are protected by Grade II Listing.
| Parish: | Hodnet, North Shropshire, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ62NW |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 6117 2820 |
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Related records
| 07586 | Part of: Hodnet Park (Monument) |
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Description
Gateway and flanking walls. Dated 1631 and 1954. Yellow/grey sandstone ashlar. North side: flanking buttresses with chamfered offsets, banded rustication, returned as voussoirs, and keystone. Frieze with raised rectangular panels, and broken triangular pediment resting on brackets and with central globe finial in tympanum. Pair of decorative wrought-iron gates. Flanking walls of tooled ashlar with ramps up to centre and square end piers with globe finials. The gateway stands at the south-east corner of the gardens at Hodnet Hall (qv). It is similar to the main gateway (c. 1870) in Church Street (qv). Hodnet Hall dates from 1870 and is not included on this list. <1>
A grey sandstone gateway, dated 1631 (restored 1954)/ This is a remarkable Mannerist piece, with broken pediment on brackets enclosing a ball finial, and on the outer face banded rustication. <2>
Sources
| [01] | SSA2865 - List of Buildings: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1987-Feb-25. 42nd List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 1572-0. List volume. p49. |
| [02] | SSA23518 - Monograph: Newman J & Pevsner N. 2006. Buildings of England: Shropshire. Buildings of England. p.302. |
| Date Last Edited: | May 13 2021 1:37PM |
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