Latitude: 53.6621 / 53°39'43"N
Longitude: -1.386 / 1°23'9"W
OS Eastings: 440670
OS Northings: 418578
OS Grid: SE406185
Mapcode National: GBR LVR2.QZ
Mapcode Global: WHDCC.P66W
Plus Code: 9C5WMJ67+RH
Entry Name: Obelisk Lodge and Attached Screen Walls, at Se 406 18
Listing Date: 25 March 1968
Last Amended: 9 October 1987
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1253564
English Heritage Legacy ID: 436803
ID on this website: 101253564
HUNTWICK WITH FOULBY NOSTELL PARK SE 41 NW AND NOSTELL 5/38 Obelisk Lodge and 25.3.1968 attached screen walls, at SE 406 18. (Formerly listed as Obelisk Lodge of Nostell Priory) - II*
Lodge with attached screen walls on drive to Nostell Park crossing Featherstone Moor from Pontefract. 1776, by Robert Adam. Sandstone ashlar. A prominent and distinctive structure in the form of a narrow pyramid pierced by a round-headed archway, which is framed by a massive Tuscan doorcase with pedimented entablature; a fluted frieze and moulded cornice is carried round from the pediment, and there is a blind oeil-de-boeuf above it; and a moulded impost band carried through the archway. Accommodation is provided in each side of the lower part of the pyramid, lit by narrow single light windows at ground floor of the front and 1st floor of the sides, and the chimney flues incorporated in the pyramid. (Apex of pyramid missing at time of survey, 1986). A short screen wall attached at each side terminates in a wide square pier. Wrought-iron double gates to the outer (northern) entrance, of straight-railing design but with lower panels of intersecting segments, small finials and pendants between the railings, and small decorative cresting.
Listing NGR: SE4067018578
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
