[107919] Harlaxton Manor : Forecourt Gateway

Harlaxton Manor, Lincolnshire, 1832-44.

Grade l listed.

Forecourt Gateway, c1840-54.

 

A major architectural element of Harlaxton Manor, notable for

the innovatory use of Jacobean Revival style in combination

with Baroque.

 

The owner, Gregory Gregory, acted largely as his own architect, in collaboration with Anthony Salvin 1832-38 and with William Burn and David Bryce 1838-54. Edward Blore was also consulted. The remarkable interior decoration, c1837-54, incorporates many resited French and German architectural items, and important plasterwork probably by Francis Bernasconi (1762-1841).

 

Anthony Salvin (1799-1881) was responsible for the majority of the exterior work, Edward Blore (1787-1879) was consulted and William Burn (1789-1870) undertook the conservatory and the kitchen range. There is debate among architectural historians as to who was responsible for the design of the interiors.

 

Harlaxton Manor is now the British campus of the University of Evansville, Indiana, USA.

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