Building record 2838/2/9 - Walls, Gatepiers & Gates, Attached To & Extending c.40m East of East Front of Apethorpe Hall

{1} Walls, gatepiers and attached gates. Early C20 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for Leonard Brassey later Baron Brassey. Limestone ashlar gatepiers and balustrade, to east, and squared coursed limestone walls to north and south. Wrought iron gates to centre of south and east sides, gates to north now missing. Gatepiers have obelisks with swags and ball finials. Similar piers at corners. Open balustrade with 12 sub-divisions to east. The forecourt was originally the gravel garden of the early C18. The walls, gatepiers and attached gates form part of the forecourt layout to Apethorpe Hall with Apethorpe Hall (q.v.) and wall and gatepier attached to north-east corner of East front of Apethorpe Hall (q.v.).

{2} Walls and gatepiers and attached gates built early C20th bir Sir Reginald Blomfield for Leonard Brassey; limestone ashlar gatepiers and open balustrade to east and squared coursed limestone walls to north and south; wrought iron gates; gate in north side now missing; gatepiers have obelisks with swags and ball finials; similar piers at corners; forms part of forecourt layout to hall; similar wall and gatepier to north-west separately listed.

{4} West boundary wall of brick dates from 1714.

{8} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 18/3 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G12 p.5 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> 1799, The Westmorland Papers, Misc.Vol.5 (unchecked) (Document). SNN42177.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.14 (checked) (Series). SNN77384.

<5> G1424, (checked) (Photographs). SNN54350.

<6> TIPPING H.A., 1909, Apethorpe Hall, p.414-423 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN105303.

<7> TIPPING H.A., 1909, Apethorpe Hall, p.450-459 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN105304.

<8> Photographs of buildings in Apethorpe (Photographs). SNN111852.

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Feb 5 2020 12:27PM