Main And Side Gates And Four Gate Piers To South East Of Kimbolton School

KIMBOLTON LONDON ROAD TL 1067-1167 (SOUTH SIDE) 7/22 MAIN AND SIDE GATES 24.10.51 AND FOUR GATE PIERS TO SOUTH EAST OF KIMBOLTON SCHOOL (FORMERLY LISTED AS GATES TO ST. NEOTS ROAD) II* Early C18. Four square section piers of rusticated stone ashlar on plinth and with entablature having on south side, mid C18 frieze decorated with festoons, drops and paterae. Moulded cornice and shallow pyramidal finials. Early C18 gates of wrought iron surmounted by scrolls, arabesques and full achievements of Montagu coat of arms. Two inner piers linked to outer piers by wall of coursed and dressed stone with moulded cornice and parapet. Moulded architraves to openings for side gates. The gates and piers were probably originally at the east entrance to the Park in Park Lane and removed to their present location in c.1763-66. Cosmo Wallace: 1763 Map of Kimbolton (Huntingdon R.O. SF457). VCH (Hunts) Vol. III. RCHM (Hunts) p171. Pevsner: Buildings of England, p281. (published by Kimbolton School). A.T. Bolton: The Architecture of Robert and James Adam 1758-94. Vol I, p65.

Listing NGR: TL1042767519