Building record M4598 - Apleyhead Lodge, Clumber Park

Summary

GATE LODGE (Georgian to Late 20th Century)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 64492 77335 (32m by 50m)
Map sheet SK67NW
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Elkesley, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Gateway and attached lodges, gates, bollards and railings, c.1770. Stephen Wright. Ashlar and iron, each lodge with 2 stacks. (2)
(Apleyhead Lodge) is mentioned in a memorandum of --/06/1784 and in another (of the following year). These refer to building work "on top of the house", setting up of vases and the greyhounds over the gate. Stone for the ornaments came from Worksop Manor quarries. One wing was to be built first to provide shelter for the workmen. (3)
Clumber. A series of five gates by Wright: at the head of the magnificent Duke's Drive … Apleyhead Lodge, in the form of a triumphal arch, with curved wings and lodges. (4)
See M 4590 - record for Clumber Park.


Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

(1), Arch office

Listed buildings slides, 3 slides (Photograph). SNT2648.

<1> Beamish HJH, 1986, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands - The National Trust Archaeological Survey (Monograph). SNT35.

Other Refs: site no. 60335

<2> DOE, Listed Building Description (Published document). SNT228.

<3> Clifton JM, 1979, Clumber Park - BA Dissertation, Nottm Univ (Unpublished document). SNT565.

<4> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 102 (Monograph). SNT4.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • --- Document: Data Held.
  • --- Photograph: Listed buildings slides. 3 slides.
  • <1> Monograph: Beamish HJH. 1986. Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands - The National Trust Archaeological Survey. The National Trust.
  • <2> Published document: DOE. Listed Building Description.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Clifton JM. 1979. Clumber Park - BA Dissertation, Nottm Univ.
  • <4> Monograph: Pevsner N. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed.. Penguin. p 102.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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