Listed Building: GATE PIERS, WING WALLS AND BRIDGE OVER MOAT TO THE OLD HALL (1366182)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 203, 4, 126
Date assigned 06 July 1984
Date last amended

Description

SJ 87 NW NETHER ALDERLEY C.P. CONGLETON ROAD (East Side) 4/126 Gate piers, wing walls and bridge over moat to the Old Hall GV II Gate piers, wing walls and bridge: C17; Ashlar buff sandstone. Short tall wing walls with triangular coping flank gate piers, a squashed T-shape in plan, with ovolo mouldings on each edge. These have a weathered capstone and added cubic finials with diamond shaped panels. C20 wrought iron gate opens onto bridge with low parapets over a recessed segmental arch. Flagged walkway. Parapet turns and becomes revetment wall to moat and joins the house. The earliest hall of late C16 was reached by a drawbridge probably replaced by these structures c.1660 when hall extended. Listing NGR: SJ8434476309

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 58293. [Mapped features: #3950 58293; #9255 58293]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 8434 7631 (14m by 13m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ87NW
Civil Parish NETHER ALDERLEY, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE EAST

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Record last edited

Jul 22 2013 4:38PM