Building record 5634/0/2 - Gates, Gatepiers & Attached Screens c.600m South East of The South Front of Drayton House

Early C18 gates, gate piers and screens for the Duchess of Norfolk. Situated on the south-east avenue to Drayton House.

{1} Gates, gatepiers and screens. Early C18 for the Duchess of Norfolk, Limestone ashlar gatepiers with wrought iron gates and screens. Gatepiers are rusticated with attached columns, and moulded cornices, surmounted by closed lead urns. Gates with pyramid scroll tops. Attached railings with scroll panelled standards and scroll cresting. Located on main north/south axis of south front of Drayton House (q.v.). (Gardens included in HBMCE Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.)

{6} Ironwork had steadily deteriorated since circa 1900. The Estate took preventative action in circa 1970 by removing and storing the ironwork panels. Stone piers had suffered as a result of the expansion of internal ironwork. Historic England grant aided a small development project in 2013-14 and Natural England are grant aiding repairs. These are currently underway and should be completed - gates and screens reinstalled - in 2016.

{8} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/64 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G08 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.189 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Jackson-Stops G., 1978, Drayton House, (unchecked) (Document). SNN46782.

<5> Cornforth J., 1965, Drayton House, p.1216 (unchecked) (Article). SNN108513.

<6> Historic England, 2016, Heritage at Risk: East Midlands Register 2016, p. 52 (Report). SNN110747.

<7> Historic England, 2017, Heritage at Risk: East Midlands Register 2017, p. 59 (Report). SNN111090.

<7> Historic England, 2018, Heritage at Risk: East Midlands Register 2018, p. 59 (Report). SNN111434.

<8> Photographs of buildings in Lowick (Photographs). SNN112775.

Record last edited

May 25 2023 2:42PM