Building record 2230/2/8 - Gate Arch, Walls & Balustrade Attached to South-West of Lilford Hall

Mid C19 by W.G. Habershon of St. Neots. Limestone ashlar.

{1} Gate arch, walls and balustrade. Mid C19 by W.G. Habershon of St. Neots. Limestone ashlar. Gatearch in Jacobean style has arch-head opening flanked by columns supporting an entablature with bracketed cornice. Device with scrolls and finial above. Flanking walls are rusticated and have open arched parapet. Balustrade attached at right angles to left of gate arch is similar with rusticated square piers some with ball finials. Gate arch forms pair with, and part of, forecourt with gatearch, seat niche walls, balustrade and terrace walls attached to and to south-east of Lilford Hall (q.v.), Balustrade approximately 30 metres south of Lilford Hall (q.v.), and Gates, gateways, balustrade and seat approximately 50 metres north-east and east and south of Lilford Hall (q.v.). (Northamptonshire Records Office, Architectural Drawings Collection; Country Life, June 27th 1900, p.112-117).

{2} Limestone ashlar gate arch, walls and balustrades built mid C19th by W.G.Habershon of St Neots. The gate arch is in Jacobean style with rusticated flanking walls and ball finials on the balustrade piers.

{3} Photograph. Remodelling of house by Habershon in 1847 included elaborate garden walls and gateways around the house. Fig.351 shows house with forecourt in front; shows details of balustrading.

{7} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 16/97 (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G09 p.49 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> 1900, Lilford Hall, Oundle: The Seat of Lord Lilford, p.112-7 (unchecked) (Article). SNN41904.

<4> Heward J.; Taylor R., 1996, The Country Houses of Northamptonshire, p.267-272 (checked) (Book). SNN41757.

<5> Untitled Source, (checked) (Photographs). SNN54354.

<6> Architectural Drawings Collection, (unchecked) (Drawing). SNN56266.

<7> Photographs of buildings in Lilford (Photographs). SNN112633.

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