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Latitude: 52.4447 / 52°26'40"N
Longitude: -0.487 / 0°29'13"W
OS Eastings: 502935
OS Northings: 284046
OS Grid: TL029840
Mapcode National: GBR FY8.PPK
Mapcode Global: VHFNP.HTX8
Plus Code: 9C4XCGV7+V6
Entry Name: Gate Arch, Seat Niche, Walls, Balustrade and Terrace Walls Attached to and to South East of Lilford Hall
Listing Date: 11 January 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1294202
English Heritage Legacy ID: 232819
ID on this website: 101294202
Location: Lilford, North Northamptonshire, PE8
County: North Northamptonshire
Civil Parish: Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe
Traditional County: Northamptonshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northamptonshire
Church of England Parish: Thorpe Achurch St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Peterborough
LILFORD CUM WIGSTHORPE LILFORD PARK
TL0284
16/96
Gate arch, seat niche, walls,
balustrade and terrace walls
attached to and to SE of
Lilford Hall
GV II
Gate arch, seat niche, walls, balustrade and terrace walls. Mid C19 by W.G.
Habershon of St. Neots. Limestone ashlar. Gatearch to left 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
gatearch is similar with rusticated square piers, some with ball finials. Seat
niche to right is similar to gatearch but with curved back and seat with shell
hood. Flanking walls are rusticated. Gate arch and seat niche are linked by
terrace walls with central flight of steps. Originally part of formal garden
layout to east of Lilford Hall (q.v.). Gatearch forms pair with, and part of,
forecourt with Gatearch, walls and balustrade attached to south-west of Lilford
Hall (q.v.), Balustrade approximately 30 metres south-west of Lilford Hall,
Gates, gateways, balustrade and seat approximately 50 metres north-east, east
and south of Lilford Hall (q.v.).
(Northamptonshire Records Office, Architectural Drawings Collection; Country
Life, Jan 27th 1900, p.112-117).
Listing NGR: TL0293584046
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