Gatepiers, Gates, Attached Screen And Lodge House Approximately 50 Metres South East Of The Manor House

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APETHORPE APETHORPE PARK TL0295 18/10 Gatepiers, gates, attached screen and Lodge House approx. son SE of The Manor House GV II Gatepiers, gates attached screen and lodge house. Probably early C20 by Sir Reginald Blomfield. Squared coursed limestone and limestone ashlar with wrought iron gates. Lodge house has Collyweston slate roof. 2 pairs of gatepiers, inner and outer piers are linked by wall with square-head pedestrian gateway. Horizontally channelled ashlar with arch-head niches to inner piers. Piers are surmounted by large urns with swags and torchere finials. Inner piers have standing figures attached to urns. Inner piers formerly linked by gates are now linked by ashlar screen with balusters. Wrought-iron gateways to pedestrian openings. Single-storey lodge house, attached to right, probably of 2-unit plan, has main front facing former driveway, with central gablet and recessed porch with columns. Formerly the main entrance to Apethorpe Palace (q.v.), modified mid C20

Listing NGR: TL0245095610