Listed Building: GATES AND GATE PIERS AT SOUTH ENTRANCE TO ABBEY CLOSE (103815)

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Grade II*
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 689/1/276
Date assigned 04 October 1973
Date last amended

Description

In the entry for: ABBEY CLOSE 1. 1625 Gates and Gate Piers at ST 6316 1/276 South Entrance to Abbey Close II GV The item shall be amended to read; 1. ABBEY CLOSE 1625 Gates and Gate Piers at South entrance to ST 6316 1/276 Abbey Close II* GV ABBEY CLOSE 1. 1625 Gates and Gate Piers at South entrance to Abbey Close ST 6316 1/276 II GV 2. Ashlar gate piers with low plinth, capping and ball finials. Two gates; each gate has 2 lock rails with inset scroll panelling and a top rail with slightly inverted curve. Uprights with spiked finials rise alternately to two different heights, that is alternately above the lock rail and above the top most rail. All the listed buildings in Abbey Close form a group with the east end of No 1 Finger Lane. Listing NGR: ST6379116436

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Location

Grid reference ST 6379 1643 (point)
Civil Parish Sherborne; Dorset
District (historic) West Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Feb 4 2019 12:22PM