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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: GOLDEN GATES AND OVERTHROW, SCREENS AND PAIR OF WING LODGES

List entry Number: 1136138

Location

GOLDEN GATES AND OVERTHROW, SCREENS AND PAIR OF WING LODGES, BELGRAVE AVENUE

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
	Cheshire West and Chester	Unitary Authority	Eaton

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: I

Date first listed: 04-Jun-1952

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

Legacy System Information

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 55240

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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History

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Details

SJ 4160 EATON C.P. BELGRAVE AVENUE (East end) Eaton Park

9/44 Golden Gates and Overthrow, screens, and pair of wing lodges

4/6/1952 I

Central pair of gates and adjacent screen railings, early C18, by Robert and John Davies of Croes Foel; side gates and screens, c.1880, by Alfred Waterhouse (maker, Skidmore of Coventry); lodges, c.1880, by Alfred Waterhouse. Gates and screens of wrought iron, painted gold and black; lodges of stone. Pair of central gates, each with quadrant head, hung in round-arched screen between square openwork wrought iron piers. The fine ornamentation, with motifs typical of the Davies Bros. work, is confined to the quadrants of the gates, the screen, the piers and the overthrow. To each side of the gate piers is a fixed screen with a wheel-shaped ornamental upper panel (Davies Bros.). Waterhouse's design of the side gates and wing screens complements the Davies Bros. work. A pair of single storey one room lodges with steep hipped roofs of shaped tiles terminate the composition in early French Renaissance Chateau style: each has a heavy stone sentry-box porch, a corbelled balustrade at eaves and a tall, cone-topped shaped circular chimney. The Davies Bros. gates and screens are of national importance. Ifor Edwards, The Davies Bros. Gatesmiths, Welsh Arts Council, 1977, gives a full description and assessment.

Listing NGR: SJ4128860723

Selected Sources

1. Book  Reference - Author: Ifor Edwards - Title: The Davies Brothers Gatesmiths - Date: 1977

National Grid Reference: SJ 41288 60722

Map

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