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: MAIN GATEWAY, TO GROSVENOR PARK ROAD, AND YARD GATE PIERS
List entry Number: 1375827
Location
MAIN GATEWAY, TO GROSVENOR PARK ROAD, AND YARD GATE PIERS, GROSVENOR PARK
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Unitary Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 10-Jan-1972
Date of most recent amendment: 23-Jul-1998
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 469806
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
CHESTER CITY (EM)
SJ4166 GROSVENOR PARK
1932-1/6/130 (North side)
10/01/72 Main gateway, to Grosvenor Park
Road, and yard gate piers
(Formerly Listed as:
GROSVENOR PARK
Boundary Wall around Grosvenor Park)
GV II
Screen, end-piers and gate piers to main park entrance.
1865-67. By John Douglas at expense of second Marquis of
Westminster. For Chester City Council. Granite. Quadrant
plinths to side-screens in "crazy paving" rubble; square
end-piers, side-piers to pedestrian gates flanking
carriage-entrance gate piers. The main piers have ornate
moulded octagonal finials, the smaller piers are square,
diminishing to octagonal section beneath bluntly-pointed caps.
Probably original cast-iron piers and gate to maintenance yard
immediately left of main gateway.
(Chester City Council and Committee: Park Committee Minutes:
1865-1867: PASSIM; Hubbard E: The Work of John Douglas:
London: 1991-: 46-48).
Listing NGR: SJ4118666352
Selected Sources
- Book Reference - Author: E Hubbard - Title: The Work of John Douglas - Date: 1991 - Page References: 46-48
National Grid Reference: SJ 41186 66352
Map
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