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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