Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
15798
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/02/1995
Date of Amendment
22/02/1995
Name of Property
Gates and Gate Piers at the former E entrance to Garth
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Guilsfield
Town
Locality
Garth
Easting
321340
Northing
311186
Street Side
Location
Located on a field boundary, NE of Garth Farm.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Gatepiers to the E entrance to Garth, c.1812, by J. C. Loudon, architect and landscape designer, for Revd. Richard Mytton.
Exterior
Monolithic sandstone. Piers have each a square base, rising to octagonal on shafts, spreading out to octagonal crenellated caps, and finishing with tall octagonal pyramidal finials, in what has been called Loudon's Moresque style. The gate has square section rails rising to pointed arrow terminals with flared tines, and similar terminals to the dog rails, all braced by curved flats meeting at the centre.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as the sole surviving remnant of Garth, demolished 1947-1952, which was the major architectural oeuvre of J.C.Loudon.
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