Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
313
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/11/1962
Date of Amendment
12/12/1994
Name of Property
Lower Gates & Forecourt Wall at Nequis Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Nercwys
Town
Locality
Nerquis Hall Estate
Easting
324028
Northing
360049
Street Side
Location
Located at the bottom of a walled and tree-lined drive, to the NW of the House.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
Late C18 tripartite decorative iron gates, the central carriage entrance flanked by pedestrian gates. Scrolled ends and fleurs-de-lis motifs in 2 tiers, with lozenge iron-work below and segmental hoops above. Square iron gate-piers with pierced geometric decoration, moulded bases and cornices, and open-work capping with ball finials. Flanking sections of ashlar walling, each with 2 large panels, plain plinth and moulded cornice. These form a concave sweep and terminate in square piers with ball finials. To the L the wall height drops in a curve to continue as a stone-capped dwarf perimeter wall around the forecourt to the N, and terminating at the S gate tower which it adjoins. Here a stone stile, flanked by ball finials and giving stepped access down to the gateway.
Interior
Reason for designation
A fine set of gates and gate-piers, probably contemporary with John Giffard's additions of the 1790s.
Group value with Nerquis Hall.
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