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Ford Castle East Gateway, East Forecourt Wall And Handyman's Cottage

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CURIE listed-building-outline:1154087 no fact link
Prefix listed-building-outline Facts about Prefix
Reference 1154087 Facts about Reference
Name Ford Castle East Gateway, East Forecourt Wall And Handyman's Cottage Facts about Name
Quality Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source no fact link
Dataset Listed building outline no fact link
Organisation Northumberland County Council no fact link
Start date 1988-03-10 Facts about Start date
End date Facts about End date
Entry date 2013-01-29 Facts about Entry date
Typology geography no fact link
Geometry MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.089234 55.631527, -2.089268 55.631517, -2.089272 55.631517, -2.089312 55.631503, -2.089326 55.631513, -2.089392 55.631489, -2.089336 55.63145, -2.089295 55.631459, -2.089239 55.631411, -2.089248 55.631386, -2.089247 55.631374, -2.08924 55.631361, -2.089229 55.631349, -2.089213 55.63134, -2.0892 55.631338, -2.089153 55.63134, -2.089118 55.631311, -2.08911 55.631306, -2.089119 55.631295, -2.089124 55.631285, -2.089124 55.631263, -2.089111 55.631254, -2.089077 55.631245, -2.089054 55.631242, -2.089038 55.631244, -2.088971 55.631189, -2.088994 55.63118, -2.088933 55.631129, -2.088905 55.631138, -2.088843 55.631165, -2.088908 55.631214, -2.088949 55.631196, -2.089162 55.631374, -2.08908 55.631404, -2.089172 55.631481, -2.089234 55.631527))) Facts about Geometry
Point POINT (-2.089142 55.631362) Facts about Point
Notes FORD FORD CASTLE NT 9437 17/90 East Gateway, East Forecourt Wall and Handyman's Cottage GV II* Gateway, forecourt walls and cottage. 1791 by J. Nisbet for Sir John Hussey Deleval. Cottage added c.1862 probably by David Bryce. Ashlar. Gothick style. East wall 7 bays. Central pointed carriage arch with wood double gates and imitation portcullis; roll-moulded surround with square imposts; cornice with 2 rows of alternating dentils, like a billet moulding. Large flanking semi-circular towers each with 3 arched niches on ground floor, strings with intersecting pointed arches. 3 roundels on 1st floors, 2 of them bearing quatrefoils; left tower has dovecote in centre roundel, right tower a clock. Friezes of hanging pointed arches. 3 pierced quatrefoils in each parapet. Sections of castellated wall flank the towers,each with 2 cruciform slits. Square end towers with arched niches. To rear and also occupying left end tower, the handyman's cottage: 2 storeys, 3 bays. Irregular and picturesque. Right bay has a large combined porch and chimney stack. Centre bay has 8 steps up to door, 16-pane sash on ground floor, 2-light mullioned window above. Left bay has 2-light window on ground floor and small 4-pane sash in gabled half-dormer above. Stable block, now garages,attached to rear are not of special interest. , Facts about Notes
Listed building 1154087 Facts about Listed building

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    }
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