Fort Henry Pleasure House and Flanking Retaining Walls and Parapet
FORT HENRY PLEASURE HOUSE AND FLANKING RETAINING WALLS AND PARAPET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1073724
- Date first listed:
- 10-Dec-1981
- List Entry Name:
- Fort Henry Pleasure House and Flanking Retaining Walls and Parapet
- Statutory Address:
- FORT HENRY PLEASURE HOUSE AND FLANKING RETAINING WALLS AND PARAPET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2005-03-21
- Reference:
- IOE01/14048/32
- Rights:
- © Mr James Brown. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1073724
- Date first listed:
- 10-Dec-1981
- List Entry Name:
- Fort Henry Pleasure House and Flanking Retaining Walls and Parapet
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORT HENRY PLEASURE HOUSE AND FLANKING RETAINING WALLS AND PARAPET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FORT HENRY PLEASURE HOUSE AND FLANKING RETAINING WALLS AND PARAPET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Rutland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Exton and Horn
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 94862 12169
Details
SK 91 SW HORN EXTON PARK 4/128 Fort Henry: Pleasure house 10.12.81 and flanking retaining walls GV and parapet II*
Small lakeside pleasure house or folly, probably late C18. Ashlar, single storey to west, but with lower basement on lake front, entered only from the outside. Central block of 3 bays with flanking pavilions. Main block has central double doors in delicate ogival architrave with acanthus finial, and flanking sash windows with deep reveals and gothick glazing bars linked by a continuous string course. Moulded eaves cornice, crenellated parapet with ogee headed merlons and pierced ogival finials on angles. Flanking pavillions are of less height, and gabled with cornice and crenellated parapet with pierced finials. Ogee headed windows with plume-like acanthus finial. Side doors with arched heads and traceried spandrels. last elevation has 2 bays of sash windows identical to those of front elevation, with 2 centred arched windows in pavilions with flanking colonettes, moulded voussoirs and hoodmoulds. Basement with 4 centred arched doors and 2 pairs of 2 centred arched windows. Interior has been fire-damaged, but remains exquisitely decorated with delicately wrought ornate painted wood and plaster panelling.
Flanking retaining walls to terrace have crenellated parapets and polygonal buttresses which terminate in acanthus finials. This walling returns through 90° and then in quadrant plan, to altar-like curtails. These are ornamented with drapery swags surmounted by 4 consols and large acanthus finials.
Listing NGR: SK9486012166
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 187416
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 26 Leicestershire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 06-Jun-2026 at 13:17:59.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.