Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
1666
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/11/1962
Date of Amendment
15/11/2005
Name of Property
Gates, gate piers and railings at NE entrance to Gredington Park
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Hanmer
Town
Locality
Gredington Park
Easting
345146
Northing
339525
Street Side
Location
Set back on the S side of the road through Hanmer, NE of Home Farm and approximately 400m SW of the parish church.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Gredington has been the home of the Kenyon family since c1706. The house was rebuilt in the early C19, contemporary with which was the landscape park, which is shown on the 1839 Tithe map with its present entrances. The gates are of uncertain origin and date. Their C18 Baroque style suggests that they were intended to stand at the entrance to the forecourt of the house, and were therefore moved to their present position later. They stand at what was probably once the main entrance to the park, although this drive is now disused.
Exterior
A Baroque style pair of gates with gate piers and outer railings, of wrought iron. The openwork piers have scrollwork decoration, incorporating oval painted heraldic devices, and elaborate scrolled finial. The gates have scrollwork panels over dog bars, and scrollwork cresting. Outer railings have similar enrichment.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as well-detailed C18 architectural ironwork in a prominent roadside location.
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