Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Inner Gateway and Screen Walls to Stable Courtyard at Stanage Park
Knighton, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Stanage, Knighton, Powys, designated on 30 September 1985.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 September 1985
- Locality
- Stanage
- Community
- Knighton
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.33918, -2.98067
- Cadw reference
- 9048
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 180 Knighton (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On east side of stable courtyard, immediately opposite the outer gateway. The inner gateway continues the line of the main east front of the house as it links south to the stables.
History
Possibly early C19.
Exterior
Picturesque castle style. Partly coursed rubble gateway with battlemented parapet and pointed arch of two orders with ashlar voussoirs, chamfered on garden side. False machicolations to outer side with buttresses; originally with large timber doors, now with low cast iron ornamental gates with quatrefoil bands to bases and to top dated 1871 and initialed FLB.
Stepped screen walls lead off to north to adjoin the south round turret of house; to south to adjoin the coach house (forming part of the stable courtyard).
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Outer Gateway , Walls, and Outbuilding at Stable Courtyard to Stanage ParkDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stable Courtyard at Stanage ParkDomesticunder 1 mi
- Stanage ParkDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Game Larder to SW of Stable Courtyard at Stanage ParkDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.