Description

LILFORD CUM WIGSTHORPE LILFORD PARK TL0284 16/97 Gate arch, walls and balustrade attached to SW of Lilford Hall GV II

Gate arch, walls and balustrade. Mid C19 by W.G. Habershon of St. Neots. Limestone ashlar. Gatearch in Jacobean style has arch-head opening flanked by columns supporting an entablature with bracketed cornice. Device with scrolls and finial above. Flanking walls are rusticated and have open arched parapet. Balustrade attached at right angles to left of gate arch is similar with rusticated square piers some with ball finials. Gate arch forms pair with, and part of, forecourt with gatearch, seat niche walls, balustrade and terrace walls attached to and to south-east of Lilford Hall (q.v.), Balustrade approximately 30 metres south of Lilford Hall (q.v.), and Gates, gateways, balustrade and seat approximately 50 metres north-east and east and south of Lilford Hall (q.v.). (Northamptonshire Records Office, Architectural Drawings Collection; Country Life, June 27th 1900, p.l12-l17).

Listing NGR: TL0289984067

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990