Pillars, Ashley Court
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Pillars, Ashley Court
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 7 May 2019
"Pair of gate piers to the lost house of Ashley Court. Early to mid-18th century. Bath Stone ... Tall piers, c.6 m. high, with rusticated plinths, smooth ashlar upper section with cap. Later, Victorian, additions comprise the incised inscription of ASHLEY COURT, and the cartouche-bearing lions placed on top ... these gate piers relate to a lost house, owned by the Hooke family in the mid-18th century. The site of the house was redeveloped with suburban housing in the mid-19th century, leaving these extremely large piers as relics of the former elaborate garden layout ... " https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1096047 . Behind them is the terrace shown in Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.47189
Longitude
-2.581604