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HER Number:MDV75069
Name:Gate Piers by Knightshayes Lodge

Summary

Gate piers flanking entrance to Knighthayes Park by Knighthayes lodge.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 956 145
Map Sheet:SS91SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishTiverton
DistrictMid Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishTIVERTON

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Old Listed Building Ref (II): 485138

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • GATE PIER (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2000, Tiverton, 9 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV341848.

Gate piers have rough-faced bases and ashlar tops, the latter designed as pedestals with moulded caps and bases, these finished with short flat-topped pyramids. On the front of each pedestal is a shield carrying a coat-of-arms. Quadrant walls of squated rubble with chamfered copings of dressed rubble flank the gate piers. Other details: LBS 485138.


The Parks Agency, 2007, The Setting of Knightshayes Park and Garden: A Historic Landscape Assessment (Report - Assessment). SDV341853.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV341848List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2000. Tiverton. Historic Houses Register. A4 Comb Bound. 9.
SDV341853Report - Assessment: The Parks Agency. 2007. The Setting of Knightshayes Park and Garden: A Historic Landscape Assessment. Parks Agency Report. A4 Spiral Bound.

Associated Monuments

MDV61375Part of: Knightshayes Park (Park/Garden)
MDV12357Related to: Knightshayes Court (Building)
MDV75051Related to: Knigtshayes Lodge (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4435 - A Historic Landscape Assessment of the Setting of Knightshayes Park and Garden

Date Last Edited:Feb 25 2009 9:48AM