Main Gateway, Lodges And Linking Walls To Harewood House

The main gateway, lodges, and linking walls to Harewood House date from approximately 1802-4. They were designed by Humphry Repton, with execution overseen by Peter Atkinson (of York) and John Muschamp (mason), for Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood. The gateway is constructed from finely-worked ashlar, with a likely lead roof; it features cast and wrought-iron railings. It comprises a two-story gatehouse linked by a wall to single-story lodges.

The gatehouse has three bays articulated by four giant Roman Doric engaged columns on blocks. A plinth runs along the base. The central bay has a tall semicircular archway with a fluted impost band. Flanking bays feature arched sash windows set within semicircular-arched recesses, each with a moulded impost and architrave, topped with rectangular plaques. A Doric entablature displays guilloche ornament on its soffit. A casement-moulded cornice has a carved soffit, a blocking course with a central plaque, and a further cornice. The wrought and cast-iron gates were originally from Chesterfield House, Mayfair (demolished circa 1936). The rear elevation mirrors the front. Inside the archway, doorways are flanked by architraves, friezes, and cornices. These lead to six-panel doors set within recessed bays of engaged Doric columns, distyle in antis. The fluted frieze continues across from the front. The vaulted ceiling is coffered with carved flower heads.

The small, square lodges face the main road, featuring sash windows to the front and inner returns, flanked by Doric columns supporting triangular pediments with continuous fluted friezes, blocking courses, and cornices. Doorways are set into the outer returns, hidden from view. Attached to the roads is a short length of ashlar walling with gate piers, which incorporates a casement-moulded cornice carried across the wall with a blocking course. A gateway on the left retains large double wooden doors with raised panels and cast-iron masks incorporated. Behind the lodges, a short, straight section of wall with a Doric entablature, cornice, and blocking course is punctuated by piers surmounted by carved urns. A lower curving wall links this section to the gatehouse, which has simple iron railings closely set with arrowhead finials.

This gateway formerly served as the primary introduction to Harewood House, replacing Lofthouse Lodge.