Gatepiers, Gates, Attached Screen and Lodge House Approximately 50 Metres South East of the Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1988. Gatepiers, gates, lodge house.
Gatepiers, Gates, Attached Screen and Lodge House Approximately 50 Metres South East of the Manor House
- WRENN ID
- ancient-finial-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1988
- Type
- Gatepiers, gates, lodge house
- OS grid reference
- TL 024 956
- Coordinates
- 52.54872, -0.49053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatepiers, gates, attached screen, and lodge house located approximately 50 meters southeast of the Manor House are likely from the early 20th century and attributed to Sir Reginald Blomfield. They are constructed of squared coursed limestone and limestone ashlar, featuring wrought iron gates. The lodge house has a Collyweston slate roof. There are two pairs of gatepiers, with the inner and outer piers connected by a wall that includes a square-headed pedestrian gateway. The inner piers are decorated with horizontally channelled ashlar and arch-headed niches, and they are topped with large urns that have swags and torchere finials. Standing figures are attached to the urns on the inner piers. While the inner piers were once linked by gates, they are now connected by an ashlar screen with balusters, and there are wrought-iron gateways for pedestrian access. The single-storey lodge house, which is attached to the right, likely has a two-unit plan and features a main front that faces the former driveway, complete with a central gablet and a recessed porch supported by columns. This structure was formerly the main entrance to Apethorpe Palace and was modified in the mid-20th century.
Local climate
Gatepiers, Gates, Attached Screen and Lodge House Approximately 50 Metres South East of the Manor House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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