The Triumphal Arch, Ashby Road, Garendon Park (Grade I)
| Date Listed | Mon 15th March, 1965 |
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| Category | Statutory Listed Building |
| Address | Garendon Park, The Triumphal Arch Ashby Road Garendon Park LE11 3QU |
| Grade | Grade I |
| Grid Reference | SK4949919075 |
| LBS | 189382 |
| Volume, Map, Item | 261, 9, 11 |
| Parish | Loughborough |
| Ward | Loughborough Garendon |
| Description | Triumphal Arch, of the 1730s, by Ambrose Phillipps of Garendon (d.1737). Of ashlar, with a moulded round headed carriage arch, the soffit of which has octagonal coffering in stucco on brick. The east front has 4 Corinthian columns on tall pedestals supporting a rich entablature. The attic, crowned by a cornice, has a fine relief of the Metamorphosis of Actalon. The west side has 2 Corinthian columns on pedestals with a pediment over the entablature. Cornice crowning attic. Keystone to arch in form of a head. The interior of the arch has some tiny rooms. Based on the Arch of Titus in Rome, the Triumphal Arch at Garendon is a very early (perhaps the earliest) example of an English building inspired directly from an Ancient Roman source, archaeologically interpreted. Mark Aironard, ?Ambrose Phillipps of Garendon?, Architectural History, 1965. |
The description above describes the salient features of the building as it was at the date of listing. It is given in order to aid identification; it is not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.
Statutory Listing covers all parts of the property and its curtilage, ie all internal and external elements whether described or not.
