Listed Building: GATES AND GATE PIERS TO WILDERNESS GARDEN AT NORTH END OF LIME AVENUE OF ADLINGTON HALL (1329975)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 203, 3, 18
Date assigned 14 April 1967
Date last amended

Description

SJ 98 SW ADLINGTON C.P. MILL LANE (South Side) 3/18 Gates and gate piers to Wilderness garden at north end of lime avenue of Adlington Hall. 14/4/1967 GV II Gates and gate piers: dated 1688 for Thomas Legh V. Ashlar buff gritstone. Piers have channelled rustication and stands on a low moulded plinths. Projecting moulded capstone has a flat top. Between are a pair of wrought iron gates made of closely spaced bars, square in section and pointed at the top. Some scroll work along top rail. Right hand gate contains a smaller door and left hand gate has the inscription IW 1688 on top bar. Gates erected, and lime avenue planted, in celebration of the arrival of William of Orange by a colonel of his militia. Listing NGR: SJ9047380334

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 58184. [Mapped features: #3899 58184; #9204 58184]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 9047 8033 (6m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ98SW
Civil Parish ADLINGTON, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Feb 29 2012 1:00PM