HOUGHTON HALL SOUTH LODGES WITH GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS ATTACHED
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1153105
Date first listed: 09-Oct-1985
Statutory Address: HOUGHTON HALL SOUTH LODGES WITH GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS ATTACHED, 34 AND 35
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Location
Statutory Address: HOUGHTON HALL SOUTH LODGES WITH GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS ATTACHED, 34 AND 35
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Norfolk
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish: Houghton
National Grid Reference: TF 79082 27789
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History
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Details
TF 7927 HOUGHTON NEW HOUGHTON
11/41 No. 34 and 35,
Houghton Hall
South Lodges
with gates, gate
piers and walls
attached.
G.V. II*
Gate lodges with gate piers, gates and walls attached at south entrance to
Houghton Hall (q.v.). C.1730, attributable to William Kent, perhaps supervised
by Thomas Ripley architect. Whitewashed brick, slate roofs, wrought iron gates
of exceptional quality. 2 storey rectangular on plan lodges with single storey
extensions. To carriage drive single part glazed doors under pentice canopies,
first floor hinged sashes with glazing bars. Rusticated quoins, gables
expressed as pediments. 2 end gable moulded stacks. Lean-tos to Park expressed
as abutting half pediments. To south curtain wall with single 2-light casement,
coped parapet. Panelled end piers with stone roundels. To east and west
quadrant coped wall, continued as straight wall with end triangular coped
pier, screening services of lodges from village. Wrought iron gates connect
both lodges. 2 central carriage gates, 2 outer pedestrian gates, fixed railings
in between. Divided by 4 major panel strips with upper cartouche heads. 4
minor panel divisions. Spear head dog-rail base, opposed curves at dado level,
upper level with rich opposed foliage scroll work pierced by spear heads.
Appear as block plans in Isaac Ware Plans ... Houghton (1735) 1750 ed.
Listing NGR: TF7908227789
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 221625
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ware, I, Plans Elevations and Sections of Houghton in Norfolk, (1735)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 29 Norfolk,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing