Holdenby House, Carriage Arch Approximately 130 Metres South East

HOLDENBY HOUSE, CARRIAGE ARCH APPROXIMATELY 130 METRES SOUTH EAST

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1356907
Date first listed:
02-Nov-1954
Statutory Address:
HOLDENBY HOUSE, CARRIAGE ARCH APPROXIMATELY 130 METRES SOUTH EAST
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Date:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1356907
Date first listed:
02-Nov-1954
Statutory Address 1:
HOLDENBY HOUSE, CARRIAGE ARCH APPROXIMATELY 130 METRES SOUTH EAST

Location

Statutory Address:
HOLDENBY HOUSE, CARRIAGE ARCH APPROXIMATELY 130 METRES SOUTH EAST

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Holdenby
National Grid Reference:
SP 69371 67659

Details

SP66NE HOLDENBY

7/218 Holdenby House, carriage arch 02/11/54 appro 130 metres south-east

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Carriage arch to outer court of Holdenby Palace. Datestone 1583. Built for Sir Christopher Hatton. Limestone ashlar and squared coursed lias. Central archway has stepped voissoir with scroll pediment above surmounted by square obelisk. Flanking niches in bottom stage. One of pair of carriage arches. Site scheduled as Ancient Monument. (q.v. Carriage arch approx 130 metres north-west of Holdenby House.) (Buildings of England : Northamptonshire, p.263).

Listing NGR: SP6937167659

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Sources

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Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (1961), 263

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Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 30 Northamptonshire,

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Ordnance survey map of Holdenby House, Carriage Arch Approximately 130 Metres South East

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