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Latitude: 52.881 / 52°52'51"N
Longitude: -0.672 / 0°40'19"W
OS Eastings: 489461
OS Northings: 332325
OS Grid: SK894323
Mapcode National: GBR DQG.BXG
Mapcode Global: WHGKN.NV58
Plus Code: 9C4XV8JH+95
Entry Name: Forecourt Gateway and Screen at Harlaxton Manor
Listing Date: 19 February 1952
Last Amended: 14 November 1994
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1236557
English Heritage Legacy ID: 382971
ID on this website: 101236557
Location: South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, NG32
County: Lincolnshire
District: South Kesteven
Civil Parish: Harlaxton
Traditional County: Lincolnshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lincolnshire
Church of England Parish: Harlaxton St Mary and St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Lincoln
Tagged with: Architectural structure
HARLAXTON
SK8932 GRANTHAM ROAD
1315-0/15/164 (East side (off))
19/02/52 Forecourt gateway and screen at
Harlaxton Manor
(Formerly Listed as:
GRANTHAM ROAD
Harlaxton Manor and gateway)
GV I
Forecourt gateway and screen. c1840-1854. Probably by Gregory
Gregory in collaboration with William Burn and David Bryce.
Ashlar, with bronze sculptures added c1938. Combination of
Jacobean and Baroque Revival styles.
Central gateway with double wrought-iron gates. On each side,
a square lodge with plinth and heavy plain cornice, pierced by
a heavily rusticated round arched doorway with wrought-iron
gate, and topped with a corniced cruciform pedestal on a
stepped base.
Beyond, larger square lodges, 2 stages, with elaborate
strapwork angle pilasters and, above a cornice, diagonally set
pedestals topped with volutes, supporting a sarcophagus and a
bronze lion with prey. On the lower stage, a round opening,
and on the upper stage a square one, with projecting
surrounds. Inner faces have doorways with round openings
above.
Beyond, screen walls with curved central section. Plinth,
round arched arcade, square pedestals, amd moulded coping.
A major architectural element of Harlaxton Manor, notable for
the innovatory use of Jacobean Revival style in combination
with Baroque.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N:
Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 363-364).
Listing NGR: SK8946132325
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