Listed Building: ECCLESTON LODGE GATES, PIERS AND WING RAILINGS (1138408)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 34, 8, 100
Date assigned 02 November 1983
Date last amended

Description

SJ 4161 ECCLESTON C.P. ECCLESTON DRIVE Eaton Park 8/100 Eccleston Lodge Gates, Piers and wing railings GV II Pair of carriage gates, 1894, by Douglas and Fordham for the 1st Duke of Westminster, of wrought and cast iron hung from square openwork iron piers carrying lanterns, originally gas lit. Side gates for pedestrians flanked by quadrant wing railings on sandstone plinths. Ornate "W", ducal coronet and Cheshire sheaf form central motifs of carriage gates. Virtus non stemma, the Grosvenor motto, painted on cast iron Garter on each main pier. The gateway forms a group with Eccleston Lodge (q.v.) and the adjacent Causeway (q.v.) both in Eaton Parish. Listing NGR: SJ4138361856

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 55296. [Mapped features: #4412 55296; #9717 55296]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 4138 6185 (13m by 6m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ46SW
Civil Parish ECCLESTON, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Oct 30 2009 12:00PM