Brandling House, gate piers and park walls
Brandling House, gate piers and park walls
HER Number
9230
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Brandling House, gate piers and park walls
Place
North Gosforth
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Barrier
Site Type: Specific
Gate
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
2 gate piers and adjoining walls, circa 1830. Sandstone ashlar. 2 massive gate piers
with rusticated bases have cornices on concave brackets with dentils and shell
ornament and elaborately carved urns on top with acanthus ornament. Front and rear
faces have Brandling family arms in deep relief with motto FIDE ET VIRTUTE. High
serpentine walls have pilaster strips and cornice. Source: R. Welford History of
the Parish of Gosforth, Newcastle 1879 (reprint 1975 p.62). LISTED GRADE 2
with rusticated bases have cornices on concave brackets with dentils and shell
ornament and elaborately carved urns on top with acanthus ornament. Front and rear
faces have Brandling family arms in deep relief with motto FIDE ET VIRTUTE. High
serpentine walls have pilaster strips and cornice. Source: R. Welford History of
the Parish of Gosforth, Newcastle 1879 (reprint 1975 p.62). LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
424160
Northing
571130
Grid Reference
NZ424160571130
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 4/51