
What is recorded here
Gateway, extant 1840, on a symmetrical plan comprising pair of granite ashlar piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having stringcourses below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates with granite ashlar outer piers on moulded cushion courses on plinths having stringcourses below "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron gates. Road fronted at entrance to grounds of Coolcliffe House.
A gateway surviving as an interesting relic of the Coolcliffe House estate following the decline of the eponymous country house (see 15704036). NOTE: Reclaimed cut-granite panels carry the date of construction of the country house (""1727"") and a date of unknown significance (""1784"") to John Cox (d. 1793).
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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