Building record 1826/1/12 - Retaining Wall, Steps & Urns Extending c.80m From The South to The East Front of Drayton House

{1} Retaining wall, steps and urns. Probably late C16 for the third Lord Mordaunt, early C18 urns probably by J. Van Nost. Squared coursed limestone wall with small lead urns mounted on ashlar parapet. Flight of semi-circular steps, at west end, flanked by square piers surmounted by closed lead urns. Originally probably the southern boundary of the main parterre on the east side of Drayton House (q.v.). (Gardens included in HBMCE Register of Parks and Gardens at Grade I.)

{6} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 12/81 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Cornforth J., 1965, Drayton House, p.1216 (unchecked) (Article). SNN108513.

<4> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.189 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<5> Jackson-Stops G., 1978, Drayton House, (unchecked) (Document). SNN46782.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Lowick (Photographs). SNN112775.

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