Entrance Gates and Piers at West Entrance to Wimpole Hall
Entrance gates and piers at west entrance to Wimpole Hall, Ermine Way
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Overview
TL 3250
15/21
ARRINGTON
ERMINE WAY (east side)
Entrance gates and piers at west entrance to Wimpole Hall
GV
II
Gates, piers, and railings. 1851 to a design by H E Kendall. Cast iron gates and railings set between Italianate Portland limestone piers. Double gates with integral overthrow between rectangular box pilasters with scroll crestings. Box pilasters secured against responds of the main piers. Main piers capped with mouldings and supporters of a stag and a lion and arms of the Earls of Hardwicke. Each cast iron box pilaster supported by twin back stays. Flanking curved quadrants each of two half and three full panels, set on limestone dwarf wall divided with eight intermediate piers with simple mouldings and single back stay supports. Full panels capped with three evenly spaced small crestings. Half panels have scroll form quadrant stays which abut limestone piers. Each quadrant terminates with large limestone piers. Flanking short sections of railing run parallel to road. Left-hand section facing with simple fixed panel. Right-hand section facing with small pedestrian gate. Each section terminates with small limestone piers.
RCHM: West Cambs Mon (2) p223
Listing NGR: TL3282050314
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1128204
- Date first listed:
- 03-Sept-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Entrance Gates and Piers at West Entrance to Wimpole Hall
- Statutory Address:
- Entrance gates and piers at west entrance to Wimpole Hall, Ermine Way
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1128204
- Date first listed:
- 03-Sept-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Entrance Gates and Piers at West Entrance to Wimpole Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- Entrance gates and piers at west entrance to Wimpole Hall, Ermine Way
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Entrance gates and piers at west entrance to Wimpole Hall, Ermine Way
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Arrington
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 32820 50314
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 4 February 2026 to replace the description and reformat the text to current standards
TL 3250
15/21
ARRINGTON
ERMINE WAY (east side)
Entrance gates and piers at west entrance to Wimpole Hall
GV
II
Gates, piers, and railings. 1851 to a design by H E Kendall. Cast iron gates and railings set between Italianate Portland limestone piers. Double gates with integral overthrow between rectangular box pilasters with scroll crestings. Box pilasters secured against responds of the main piers. Main piers capped with mouldings and supporters of a stag and a lion and arms of the Earls of Hardwicke. Each cast iron box pilaster supported by twin back stays. Flanking curved quadrants each of two half and three full panels, set on limestone dwarf wall divided with eight intermediate piers with simple mouldings and single back stay supports. Full panels capped with three evenly spaced small crestings. Half panels have scroll form quadrant stays which abut limestone piers. Each quadrant terminates with large limestone piers. Flanking short sections of railing run parallel to road. Left-hand section facing with simple fixed panel. Right-hand section facing with small pedestrian gate. Each section terminates with small limestone piers.
RCHM: West Cambs Mon (2) p223
Listing NGR: TL3282050314
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 4 February 2026 to replace the description and reformat the text to current standards
TL 3250
15/21
ARRINGTON
ERMINE WAY (east side)
Entrance gates and piers at west entrance to Wimpole Hall
GV
II
Gates, piers, and railings. 1851 to a design by H E Kendall. Cast iron gates and railings set between Italianate Portland limestone piers. Double gates with integral overthrow between rectangular box pilasters with scroll crestings. Box pilasters secured against responds of the main piers. Main piers capped with mouldings and supporters of a stag and a lion and arms of the Earls of Hardwicke. Each cast iron box pilaster supported by twin back stays. Flanking curved quadrants each of two half and three full panels, set on limestone dwarf wall divided with eight intermediate piers with simple mouldings and single back stay supports. Full panels capped with three evenly spaced small crestings. Half panels have scroll form quadrant stays which abut limestone piers. Each quadrant terminates with large limestone piers. Flanking short sections of railing run parallel to road. Left-hand section facing with simple fixed panel. Right-hand section facing with small pedestrian gate. Each section terminates with small limestone piers.
RCHM: West Cambs Mon (2) p223
Listing NGR: TL3282050314
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 52685
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 5 Cambridgeshire,
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Cambridgeshire West, (1968)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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