Building record 2838/2/41 - Gatepiers, Gates, Attached Screen & Lodge House c.50m SE of The Manor House

{1} Gatepiers, gates attached screen and lodge house. Probably early C20 by Sir Reginald Blomfield. Squared coursed limestone and limestone ashlar with wrought iron gates. Lodge house has Collyweston slate roof. 2 pairs of gatepiers, inner and outer piers are linked by wall with square-head pedestrian gateway. Horizontally channelled ashlar with arch-head niches to inner piers. Piers are surmounted by large urns with swags and torchere finials. Inner piers have standing figures attached to urns. Inn r piers formerly linked by gates are now linked by ashlar screen with balusters. Wrought-iron gateways to pedestrian openings. Single-storey lodge house, attached to right, probably of 2-unit plan, has main front facing former driveway, with central gablet and recessed porch with columns. Formerly the main entrance to Apethorpe Hall (q.v.), modified mid C20

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 18/10 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Apethorpe (Photographs). SNN111852.

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Feb 5 2020 11:56AM