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Two gate piers consisting of an arched opening with impost blocks, flanked by a pair of Doric half columns to the front and back supporting a segmental pediment with crossed palms in the tympanum. There is vermiculated rustication on the plinth and banded rustication on the half columns. The piers are joined to the Lodge on each side by short linking walls. There are two pairs of late nineteenth century wrought iron gates. These gates, and associated Lodge, originally formed the east entrance to the Hamstead Marshall Park estate of William, 1st Earl of Craven.

Title

Gate Piers and Gates

Date

late 17th C–1722

Medium

ashlar

Accession number

RG20_BC_S011

Acquisition method

commissioned by William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven

Work type

Gateway

Owner

Benham Park

Custodian

Benham Park

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

06/04/67

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscription on tablet in bas-relief over griffin insignia mounted on the gable end of the East Lodge: TOUTS-JOURS-PREST (literal translation, 'ALWAYS READY')

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