Listed Building: GATE PIERS AND WALL ABOUT 33 METRES NORTH OF THE OLD VICARAGE (1241665)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1418, 9, 91
Date assigned 17 October 1988
Date last amended

Description

TR 1643-1743 ELHAM VICARAGE LANE (south side) 9/91 Gate Piers and wall about 33 metres north of The Old Vicarage GV II Gatepiers and garden wall. C18. Gateway adapted in early C20. Two pairs of brick gatepiers. Curved wall in header bond with plain- tile coping, between inner and outer pier of each pair. Round-headed doorway with painted voussoirs and boarded door to each curved wall. Outer piers have pyramidal plain-tile caps with coved plastered soffits. Inner piers support broad semi-circular arch, above which is a device with hipped plain-tile roof and coved plastered soffit pierced at base to resemble dovecote. This is flanked by inverted plaster scrolls terminating on top of,piers. Pair of shaped wooden gates. Garden wall, red and grey brick in a mixed bond, running east from gateway for about 36 metres, about 3 metres high, with battered top. Flint footings towards east end. Listing NGR: TR1771443746

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 1771 4374 (point)
Map sheet TR14SE
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish ELHAM, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Feb 6 2024 9:01AM