Retaining Wall, Steps And Urns Extending Approximately 80 Metres From North Of 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 North Of East Front Of Drayton House
- WRENN ID
- guardian-roof-lark
- 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
12/80 Retaining wall, steps and urns extending approx. 80m. from N of E front of Drayton House
GV II
Retaining wall, steps and urns. Probably late Cl6 origins with early C18 urns probably by J. Van Nost. Squared coursed limestone wall with ashlar parapet. Flights of steps to either end of walls. Those at east end are flanked by 4, closed, lead urns. Originally probably the northern 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, l978).
Listing NGR: SP9631880113
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