Building record 1682/3/10 - Retaining Walls & Gateway Extending c.120m. East of Kirby Hall

Retaining wall and blank gateway. Late C17th for Sir Christopher Hatton IV.

{1} Retaining wall and blank gateway. Late C17th for Sir Christopher Hatton IV. Brick wall, parts renewed with ashlar coping. Blank gateway of limestone ashlar forms central feature. Blank arch with panelled back, rusticated pilasters and broken pediment over. Flanking niches. Initials CH in spandrels of central arch. Base of similar wall is attached at right angles to left. Forming retaining walls to C17 raised walk. Owned by the Winchelsea estate, in guardianship of HMBCE. Kirby Hall is scheduled as an ancient monument. (Kirby Hall garden in included in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at Grade II*).

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/80 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1992, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K06 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN46686.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Gretton (Photographs). SNN111741.

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