Garden Walls, Summer House, Gate Piers, Gates and Steps at Nevill Holt Hall Preparatory School and Font House
GARDEN WALLS, SUMMER HOUSE, GATE PIERS, GATES AND STEPS AT NEVILL HOLT HALL PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND FONT HOUSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1294788
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Garden Walls, Summer House, Gate Piers, Gates and Steps at Nevill Holt Hall Preparatory School and Font House
- Statutory Address:
- GARDEN WALLS, SUMMER HOUSE, GATE PIERS, GATES AND STEPS AT NEVILL HOLT HALL PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND FONT HOUSE
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- Reference:
- IOE01/06261/20
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1294788
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Garden Walls, Summer House, Gate Piers, Gates and Steps at Nevill Holt Hall Preparatory School and Font House
- Statutory Address 1:
- GARDEN WALLS, SUMMER HOUSE, GATE PIERS, GATES AND STEPS AT NEVILL HOLT HALL PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND FONT HOUSE
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:
- GARDEN WALLS, SUMMER HOUSE, GATE PIERS, GATES AND STEPS AT NEVILL HOLT HALL PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND FONT HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Harborough (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Nevill Holt
- National Grid Reference:
- SP8155893793
Details
NEVILL HOLT
SP 89 SW
6/108 Garden Walls, Summer
House, Gate Piers, Gates
and steps at Nevill
Holt Hall Preparatory
School and Font House
GV II
Garden walls, summer house, gate piers, gates and steps. C18 and C19. Red brick,
coursed rubble stone, dressed stone, wrought iron and wood. C18 red brick walls
with coursed rubble stone plinth surround the gardens. Tile coped in part. At
intervals there are openwork stone crestings over gateways with stone arches.
Walls are c3m high. On an axis from the Dining Room of School a gateway with
brick piers and stone urns on top. Fine wrought iron gate with side panels. Bordering
Paddock Lane there is a raised walk with central flight of stone steps. Pedestals
and urns at the sides. At the top a pedestal sundial. Facing Paddock Lane a coursed
rubble stone retaining wall with stone coping and buttresses. Wall by top of
avenue terminates in rusticated stone pier with ball on top. Close to this a
stone gateway in wall. A few further openings around perimeter. Within the
small walled garden, projecting from the wall, a painted wooden open summer house
with a fluted column at the front corners and pediment over.
Listing NGR: SP8155893793
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 191011
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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