Gatepiers, Quadrant Walls, Railings And Gates At Lofthouse Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1966. Gatepiers and walls.

Gatepiers, Quadrant Walls, Railings And Gates At Lofthouse Lodge

WRENN ID
dreaming-storey-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1966
Type
Gatepiers and walls
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SE34SW SE325431 6/88 30.3.66

HAREWOOD HARROGATE ROAD LS17 (west side) Gatepiers, quadrant walls, railings and gates at Lofthouse Lodge

GV II

Gatepiers, gates, quadrant walls and railings. c1755 probably by John Carr for Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood. Ashlar, cast- and wrought-iron. Pair of main gatepiers and a pair of subsidiary gatepiers to which are attached curving quadrant walls which terminate in small piers. Main gatepiers: channelled rustication, Doric entablature, cyma-moulded cornice, frieze with paterae, triangular casement-moulded pediment, the cornice continued round the sides. Lower flanking piers: similarly treated with channelled rustication, Doric entablature and triangular pediments. Gates and railings have simple stick bars terminating in obelisk finials. Hinge has standard and gun-barrel turned rod surmounted by urn finial. Flanking quadrant walls: low with moulded ashlar coping surmounted by railings with bars with every 15th bar a standard. Terminates in square low piers with projecting square cornices and slightly domed caps.

Gave the main access in the C18 to Harewood House (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SE3250643135

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