Building record 607/2/5 - Gates, Gatepiers & Steps c.8m North-East of Manor House

{1} Gates and gatepiers. C.1935 by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Limestone piers stepped back towards the top. Moulded capitals with ball finials; wrought-iron gates with Tudor rose motif and double ironwork top with initials of Lord and Lady Wimborne. When open they read I.W and A.W. and when closed they combine. North of the gateway is a short flight of steps descending to the orchard. C. Hussey notes that the gates were among the last additions to Ashby St. Ledgers Manor House with the "patterns of the ironwork taken from Lutyens' Delhi period".

{4} Undated photo;

Addison, C., c.1990, Ashby St. Ledgers, (checked) (Photographs). SNN109020.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 17/20 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F04 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Hussey C., 1951, Ashby St. Ledgers, p.499 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN105306.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Ashby St Ledgers (Photographs). SNN111860.

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Feb 12 2020 12:25PM