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Listed building outline: Gate Piers, Gates And Garden Walls To Parkfield 383831

Gate Piers, Gates And Garden Walls To Parkfield 383831

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entry-date: 1993-10-25
listed-building: 1298233
name: Gate Piers, Gates And Garden Walls To Parkfield
notes: Gate piers, gates and garden walls to Parkfield (qv). c1860s/1870s. Local grey limestone ashlar gate piers; cast- and wrought-iron gates; local red breccia walls. Coped garden wall extends down Lower Polsham Road; ashlar walls with pyramidal-capped piers flank wrought-iron gates with spear-headed finials. Wall returns to bound the garden S of the house, where Esplanade Road entrance has square section piers with moulded cornices and ball finials; pair of late C20 mild steel gates with C19 welded-on finials. HISTORY: The piers originally stood at the entrance to Torbay House, Paignton (demolished in 1877), which stood at the seaward end of Town Bank road. Listing NGR: SX8924661184
reference: 383831
start-date: 1993-10-25
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