Entrance Screen And East And West Front Lodges To Attingham Park

SJ 50 NW; 5/4 ATCHAM C.P. A5, ATCHAM (north side)

Entrance screen and East and West Front Lodges to Attingham Park (formerly listed as Attingham Park Gateway)

29.1.52

GV

II*

Entrance screen and lodges. Circa 1805-7, probably by John Nash, with later additions to lodges. Grey sandstone ashlar. 5 bays; AABAA rhythm. Large central carriage arch flanked by pedestrian arches and small square lodges. Moulded plinth, frieze, cornice and blocking course; banded rusticated piers with swagged urn-finials. Central round arch with imposts, moulded architrave, scrolled keystone and carved bas reliefs in spandrels depicting a winged horse to left and stag to right; pair of flanking Doric half- columns, frieze inscribed: "QUI : UTI : SCIT : EI : BONA", and dentil cornice, breaking forward over columns with architrave and carved lion masks; blocking course and stepped plinth to centre. Outer pedestrian arches with imposts and moulded architrave. Wrought-iron gates: radial design with central patera and thistle-head railings; large central pair with top rails ramped up to hanging bars with urn finials; smaller single gates in pedestrian arches. Lodges: 2 storeys; integral octagonal corner stacks with banded rustication and moulded caps. Shallow recessed arches to front with continuous impost band, moulded architrave, pair of narrow ground-floor sashes and first-floor lunette above. Return fronts with cill string to first-floor glazing bar sash and ground-floor 4 flush-panelled door. Later addition at rear of each. The entrance screen and flanking screen walls (q.v.) were probably part of the improvements to the Attingham Estate carried out in the years after 1800 for the second Lord Berwick by John Nash and Humphry Repton. The entrance screen is flanked by lower screen walls with end piers (q.v.). Attingham Park, The National Trust (1981), p.30.

Listing NGR: SJ5418009353