Description

SP7073 COTTESBROOKE COTTESBROOKE

14/130 Lodge, gates and gatepiers to
02/11/54 Cottesbrooke Hall (east)
(north side)
(Formerly listed as
Cottesbrooke Hall Lodges)

GV II

Lodge with gates and gatepier. Late C18. Architect Robert Mitchell.
Limestone ashlar. Lodge originally one-unit plan. Single-storey. Central
sash window with glazing bars has balustrade below and pediment over; all
set in shallow arched recess. Door facing drive has 6 fielded panels with
moulded stone architraves set in similar shallow arch with shields of arms
in tympanums. Frieze cornice, panelled and balustraded parapet with large
oval urns over centre. Wrought iron gate to left hanging from rusticated
pier with moulded cornice and oval patrae flanked by Roman Doric 2-column
open screen with wrought iron panels and hand gates surmounted by entablature
with triglyph freize with sphinx over linking to flanking lodge. The Lodge,
gates and gatepiers from a pair with the west lodge. They were moved to their
present position in 1938 from the Leicester Road.
(Buildings of England : Northamptonshire, p.163).

Listing NGR: SP7089273644

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26639510

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)