Gates, Gatepiers and Attached Screens Approximately 600 Metres South East of South Front of Drayton House
GATES, GATEPIERS AND ATTACHED SCREENS APPROXIMATELY 600 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH FRONT OF DRAYTON HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1040294
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- Statutory Address:
- GATES, GATEPIERS AND ATTACHED SCREENS APPROXIMATELY 600 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH FRONT OF DRAYTON HOUSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1040294
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 31-Jul-1987
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATES, GATEPIERS AND ATTACHED SCREENS APPROXIMATELY 600 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH FRONT OF DRAYTON HOUSE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GATES, GATEPIERS AND ATTACHED SCREENS APPROXIMATELY 600 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH FRONT OF DRAYTON HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lowick
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 96733 79737
Details
SP97NE LOWICK DRAYTON PARK
6/64 Gates, gatepiers and attached 23/05/67 screens approx. 600m. SE of S front of Drayton House (Formerly listed as screen, SE avenue to Drayton House)
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Gates, gatepiers and screens. Early C18 for the Duchess of Norfolk, Limestone ashlar gatepiers with wrought iron gates and screens. Gatepiers are rusticated with attached columns, and moulded cornices, surmounted by closed lead urns. Gates with pyramid scroll tops. Attached railings with scroll panelled standards and scroll cresting. Located on main north/south axis of south front of Drayton House (q.v.). (Gardens included in HBMCE Register of Parks and Gardens at grade I. Cornforth, J., Country Life, 20th May, 1965, p.1216; Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.189; Jackson-Stops G, Drayton House, 1978).
Listing NGR: SP9673379737
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 232498
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (1961), 189
Jackson Stops, G, Drayton House, (1978)
Country Life in 20 May, (1965), 1216
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 30 Northamptonshire,
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