Description

HARLAXTON SK83SE GRANTHAM ROAD 1315-0/6/179 (South side (off)) 24/09/79 Gateway and screen wall 1200 metres north-west of Harlaxton Manor (Formerly Listed as: GRANTHAM ROAD Gateways, gates, flanking screens and walls at main entrance to Harlaxton Manor) II*

Gateway and screen wall at the entrance to Harlaxton Manor. c1832-1844. Probably by Anthony Salvin or William Burn for Gregory Gregory. Ashlar. Segment arched gateway with keystone, square piers with rusticated niches, and moulded coping with freestanding sculptures of sheaves and a bird, elements of the Gregory coat of arms. Pair of wrought-iron gates. On either side, concave screen walls with moulded coping, and volutes supporting the gatepiers. Beyond again, 4 bay screens with square piers and concave-topped cast-iron railing. Beyond them, solid walls with plain coping, the section to right, approx 80m long, with a pedestrian gateway. Square end piers. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N: Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 363).

Listing NGR: SK8847033089

External Links

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas