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Gate screen, built c. 1753, comprising vehicular archway flanked by pedestrian entrances, in turn attached to buildings. Archway flanked by rusticated Giant Order Doric angle pilasters and walling, rising from plinth with moulded coping, and surmounted by entablature with moulded stringcourse, in turn surmounted by open-topped segmental pediment containing concave tapered pedestal carrying cast lead statue. Lower brick screen walls to east and west, each containing square-headed pedestrian doorway with triangular pediment and lugged limestone architraves, set into Flemish bond brickwork on limestone plinth with moulded top, and having cut stone coping over limestone platband, latter continuous with that of adjoining buildings. Timber double-leaf door with three raised-and-fielded panels. Brick flanks and soffit to archway, and plain ashlar to north elevation. Vehicular archway has wrought-iron double-leaf gate, concave top coping and forged finials. Stone sett paving to south, brick sett paving to archway and to north. Bedford Tower to west, northeast range to west.
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