List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: AUCKLAND CASTLE ENTRANCE GATEWAY
List Entry Number: 1297645
Location
AUCKLAND CASTLE ENTRANCE GATEWAY, AUCKLAND CASTLE PARK
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: County Durham
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Bishop Auckland
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: I
Date first listed: 21-Apr-1952
Date of most recent amendment: 23-May-1994
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 385599
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List Entry Description
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History
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Details
BISHOP AUCKLAND
NZ2130 AUCKLAND CASTLE PARK
634-1/8/81 (East side)
21/04/52 Auckland Castle entrance gateway
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET PLACE
Entrance Gateway to the Castle)
GV I
Castle gateway with gates. 1760. By Sir Thomas Robinson of
Rokeby for Bishop William Trevor. Ashlar with ashlar dressings
and lead roofs. Gothick style. Vehicle arch in high gate
flanked by lower screen walls with pedestrian arches.
Moulded pointed arch rests on impost and chamfered pilasters,
flanked by triple shafts with clasping rings which end in tall
octagonal spirelets with bud finials. Recessed pairs of Gothic
daggers in spandrels. Narrow set back side sections have
niches with ogee heads, below pierced quatrefoils. Architrave,
frieze and cornice, in manner of Classical entablature, and
battlemented parapet.
Square clock tower set on sloping, lead-covered plinth behind
parapet, has angle pilasters with ball-topped obelisk finials,
and swept low pyramidal lead spire with ball finial. Clocks on
east and west fronts, blind quatrefoils with cross slits on
north and south. Central arch has quadripartite ribs, and
pointed arched door surround and oak panelled door in south
wall. Flanking lower side walls have moulded, pointed arches,
and eaves string below battlements.
Rear elevation similar to front. Vehicle and pedestrian gates
have spear-headed alternate principals and dogbars; pedestrian
arches have wrought-iron guards in arch heads.
(Colvin H: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects
1600-1840: London: 1978-: 703).
Listing NGR: NZ2130030124
Selected Sources
Books and journalsColvin, H M, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, (1978), 703
Map
National Grid Reference: NZ 21300 30124
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