Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gate Piers & Gates to Edwinsford Mansion at Irongate Lodge
Talley, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 1 March 1995
- Locality
- Talley
- Community
- Talley
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.98922, -3.99154
- Cadw reference
- 15773
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1860 "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Prominently situated on bend of B4302 1.5 km N of Talley. Gates stand slightly to SE of Irongate Lodge.
History
Formerly main entrance to Edwinsford
Exterior
Early C19 piers with later gates, leading to Edwinsford. Wide central gateway with piers; matching flanking narrow gates and outer lengths of half-railings upon dwarf walls each flanked by piers. All piers of deeply channelled rusticated sandstone. Centre pair formerly had stone pineapple finials: these have been replaced by modern concrete lions. Original stone ball finials upon pedestals to outer piers (finial missing to extreme left). Outer short lengths of dwarf walls with chamfered coping. The wrought iron gates are later and of simple design of uprights with a low cross-rail. Spear-head finials, simpler and smaller to cross and bottom rails. Simple small scrolls to intersections underneath top rail. Outer railings of similar design with intervening ball-and-spear finials.
Reason for designation
A prominent local landmark with obvious associations with Edwinsford mansion.
Nearby in the register
- EdwinsfordDomesticunder 1 mi
- bridge over River Gothi at EdwinsfordTransportunder 1 mi
- The DairyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Edwinsford Home FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.