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Latitude: 51.4334 / 51°26'0"N
Longitude: -2.0634 / 2°3'48"W
OS Eastings: 395690
OS Northings: 170495
OS Grid: ST956704
Mapcode National: GBR 2SZ.14S
Mapcode Global: VHB41.671G
Plus Code: 9C3VCWMP+9J
Entry Name: The Golden Gates
Listing Date: 15 December 1972
Last Amended: 31 July 1986
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1253792
English Heritage Legacy ID: 436850
ID on this website: 101253792
Location: Derry Hill, Wiltshire, SN11
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Calne Without
Built-Up Area: Derry Hill
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Derry Hill Christ Church
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Architectural structure
ST 97 SE CALNE WITHOUT CHURCH ROAD, Derry Hill (south side)
2/50 The Golden Gates
15.12.72 (formerly listed as Golden Gates at Bowood House)
GV II*
Entrance arch and tower, 1834-8 by Sir Charles Barry for 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne. Ashlar, Italianate style. Monumental composition of balustraded triple gateway flanked by high campanile tower to right and small Italianate lantern to left. Screen walls each side, one with C20 lodge behind. Central arched gateway with console keystone and impost band carried over plain square headed pedestrian gates. Attached Ionic columns flank arch, under richly carved dentil cornice with pulvinated frieze inscribed PAX INTRANTIBUS ET HABITANTIBUS. Armorial roundels over pedestrian gates. Top balustrade with piers and urns. Flanking section to left has incised rustication, mouldings carried around from centre gateway and shallow pyramid-roofed lantern with arched opening each side. Main tower to right of 3 stages. Lower stage with mouldings carried around, arched-head window breaking through band with incised rustication each side. Above band, only angles are rusticated. High second stage with rusticated angles, pedimented window on each face with sill course below. Moulded cornice under top stage belvedere of paired arched openings with arches carried on columns paired in depth. Keystones, moulded arches and imposts. Panelled angle piers. Bracket cornice with diamond faced blocks between brackets and shallow pyramid roof. Screen walls each side divided by rusticated piers and terminated at rusticated corniced piers with ball finials. Ornate iron gates. Rear is similar but 2 eroded sculpted roundels by M.L. Watson (1847) appear in place of armorial plaques. A major work of the C19 Italianate style. Designs in British Architectural Library, London. (Builder, 1845, 83; C.L., 22.6.1972)
Listing NGR: ST9569070495
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