Description

LILFORD CUM WIGSTHORPE LILFORD PARK
TL0284
16/97
Gate arch, walls and
balustrade attached to SW of
Lilford Hall
GV II

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.l12-l17).

Listing NGR: TL0289984067

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26291980

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)