Standish Peace Gate, Greater Manchester

Heritage listing

Details SD 51 SE 2/120 STANDISH-WITH-LANGTREE MARKET PLACE (north side) Gatehouse to Church of St. Wilfrid G.V. II Gate house. 1927. By Austin and Paley. Stone. 2 storeys with small lean-to bay to left return and octagonal turret to right. Cornice with bosses carved with cardinal virtues and embattled parapet; 3 angles have projecting angels with symbols of biblical virtues. Weathered buttress to left. Tudor-arched entrance has continuous moulding and enriched spandrels, with rose and pomegranate. 1:2:1-light canted oriel has cusped lights and frieze with carved harp,fleur- de-lys and trinity fishes; hipped roof. Small light with label to lean-to bay. Turret has inset war memorial plaque and Standish arms. Cornice and top panelled sides with mullion and transom, and cusped panels; leaded lights; cornice and embattled parapet. Rear similar; statue in niche with nodding ogee over arch; flanking buttresses and 2 mullioned windows of 2 lights to left. Lean-to bay has elliptical-headed entrance. Entrance passage has inscribed frieze and memorial tablets. Listing NGR: SD5630610229 This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 29 August 2017. Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 403068 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.