Description

KIMBOLTON CASTLE GREEN TL 095675 (EAST SIDE) 6/6 GATEHOUSE TO 24.10.51 KIMBOLTON SCHOOL GV I 1764-66 by Robert Adam for fourth Duke of Manchester. Gatehouse linked to two flanking pavilions by single storey ranges. Red brick with Ketton stone ashlar. Re-roofed in 1858 with slate. Symmetrical east and west elevations. Central semi-circular headed archway with rusticated surround between two hung sashes with glazing bars and Gibbs surrounds and divided by two engaged Doric columns and two pilasters. Doric frieze with mutules above triglyphs alternating with plain metopes and with guttae below. Moulded cornice surmounted by balustrade, sealed above archway. Panelled double doors with tradesman's door set in one, having iron door knocker in form of lion's head mask. Slightly recessed link ranges of three semi-circular headed bays divided by pilasters. One hung sash with glazing bars to each bay. Moulded cornice surmounted by parapet at lower level than gatehouse and pavilions. Gable end pediments to pavilions. Angle pilasters with similar Doric entablature flank semi- circular headed bay with round headed niche and rusticated surround. Interior. Archway has two original doors with six raised and fielded panels to each. The Castle brewhouse was in the north part of the Gatehouse. One brick vat is visible in the north pavilion. The laundry was in the south part. A rainwater head dated 1858 to an internal down pipe in the north part is probably the date for the re-roofing of the gatehouse. The C18 King post roof trusses are extant. RCHM (Hunts) p171. Pevsner: Building of England (Beds, Hunts and Peterborough), p281. VCH (Hunts), Vol. III. P.H. Burkett: "Kimbolton Castle" (published by Kimbolton School).

Listing NGR: TL1000967670

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