GATEPIERS, GARDEN WALLS, RAILINGS AND SUNDIAL, CIRCA 30 YARDS SOUTH OF OVERACRES - Otterburn - List Entry

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    "Gatepiers with flanking walls, railings and end pier with sundial. 1720 possibly re-set, for the Howards of Redesdale. Tall, rusticated corniced piers with the Howard crest set in foliage trails below the friezes. Friezes each have a wild-man mask flanked by rosettes. Large urns with festoons, swags and heads, capped by pineapple finials. On the inner face of each pier the date MDCCXX in a moulded panel. Flanked by short walls c.3ft high with corniced coping and simple spiked railings....."
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    Historic England
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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1156318
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 1 year, 8 months ago
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