Retaining Wall, Steps And Urns Extending Approximately 80 Metres From South To East Front Of Drayton House is a Grade II* listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1987. Retaining wall.
Retaining Wall, Steps And Urns Extending Approximately 80 Metres From South To East Front Of Drayton House
- WRENN ID
- grey-render-moon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1987
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SP9680 LOWICK DRAYTON PARK
12/81 Retaining wall, steps and urns extending approx. 80m. from S to E front of Drayton House
GV II*
Retaining wall, steps and urns. Probably late C16 for the third Lord Mordaunt, early C18 urns probably by J. Van Nost. Squared coursed limestone wall with small lead urns mounted on ashlar parapet. Flight of semi-circular steps, at west end, flanked by square piers surmounted by closed lead urns. Originally probably the southern boundary of the main parterre on the east side of Drayton House (q.v.). (Gardens included in HBMCE Register of Parks and Gardens at grade I. Cornforth, J., Country Life, 20th May, 1965, p.1216; Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.189; Jackson-Stops G, Drayton House, 1978).
Listing NGR: SP9637580078
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