[Talk-GB] Gate Pillars (Old Houses & Estates)

[SK53]

I have mapped two horse's head gate finials (
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/19y0), mainly because I was struck by how ugly
they seemed. The seagull gate finials outside a house on the road where my
Grandparents lived seem to have gone, otherwise I would have mapped those
too.

Jerry

On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 15:40, Tony Shield <tonyosm9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> HI
>
> I can't find on wiki anything which describes gate pillars.
>
> Often found at the entrance to a substantial estate, and often about 2
> metres in height with a base of say 1 metre squared, often with special
> carving, inscriptions and shapes. For many of them the previously hung
> gates have been removed.
>
> Historic England have listed some of them in my locality -
>
> https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1072466 -
> four of them with no gates attached.
>
> https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1204419 - two
> of them with modern gates attached so I have listed as barrier=gate,
> however this may be inadequate.
>
> As these are listed they fall within the quarterly project of Tourism.
>
> Any advice as to how to tag them gratefully accepted.
>
>
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