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| HER Number | MWB3336 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Hamstead Marshall gate piers 204m east of entrance to Home Farm, Park Lane |
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Summary
Grade I listed brick and stone pair of pillars south of East Gate Cottage
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Listed Building (I) 1136042: PAIR OF GATE PIERS 204 METRES EAST OF ENTRANCE TO HOME FARM
- Registered Park or Garden (II) 1000525: Hamstead Marshall Park
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01342.01.200
- Heritage At Risk 2023 (Priority C): Poor Occupancy: Not applicable
Owner Type: Private - National Monuments Record No.: SU 46 NW 107
SU 4192 6668
Monument Type(s):
- GATE PIER (17th century - 1662 AD to 1700 AD)
Full Description
Gate '6' in draft report on Gate Piers, January 2009. This pair lies at the end of a residential drive which allows access to various converted and new buildings on the site of the Hamstead Marshall mansion gardens; the pillars form a gateway into the more rural park
ONE PAIR OF 8 PAIRS OF ENTRANCE PIERS, SOME IN GARDEN WALL AND OTHER POSITIONED AROUND SOIL- MARKS OF ADJACENT GARDEN. THE 9TH PAIR WAS REMOVED TO SERVE AS AN ENTRANCE TO BENHAM PARK.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Historic England (previously English Heritage). 1987. Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. Hamstead Marshall Park. [Unpublished document / SWB12616] |
| <02> | English Heritage. 2001. Buildings at Risk - The Register 2001. Product Code XH 20174. [Unpublished document / SWB12827] |
| <03> | Kyp (or Kyp), J. c1709. Engraving of Hamstead Marshall, seat of Lord Craven. [Graphic material / SWB146721] |
| <04> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p321. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <05> | The Tate. Digitised collections from the Tate Archive. http://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/collections. Photographs taken by John Piper. [Website / SWB149075]
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/collections (Accessed 15/08/2016) |
Related Monuments
| MWB6291 | Hamstead Marshall Gardens (Monument) |
| MWB15794 | Hamstead Marshall gate piers and wall west of entrance to churchyard (Monument) |
| MWB17969 | One of three gate piers in walls around garden of former Hamstead Marshall mansion - north-east pair (Monument) |
| MWB17968 | One of three gate piers in walls around garden of former Hamstead Marshall mansion - south-east pair (Monument) |
| MWB17970 | One of three gate piers in walls around garden of former Hamstead Marshall mansion - west pair (Monument) |
| MWB3335 | Walls around gardens at former mansion, Hamstead Marshall (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB1191 | East Gate Cottage, Craven Hill, Hamstead Marshall, West Berkshire - An Archaeological Desk-based Assessment (Ref: Site Code EGC11/42) |
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