Editing Harlaxton Manor (section)

====Entrance front====
[[File:Harlaxton Manor Forecourt (geograph 4596125).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Forecourt with Burn's gazebo]]
The entrance front consists of a central block with a two-storey [[oriel window]] flanked by three-storey towers with [[bay window]]s and topped by [[cupola]]s. The doorway is framed by two [[pilaster]]s. Behind this there is a square tower, with an octagonal turret containing a clock and again finishing in a cupola.<ref name="NHLEHouse"/> The sources for all of these elements can be traced: the overall impression is of Burghley House; the pilasters are a direct lift from a 16th-century German architectural work, the ''Architectura'' by [[Wendel Dietterlin]], a copy of which Gregory is known to have owned;{{sfn|Franklin|1981|p=49}} the oriel is from [[Hengrave Hall]] in Suffolk. Antram also identifies elements from [[Northumberland House]] and from [[Stonyhurst College|Stonyhurst]].{{sfn|Pevsner|Harris|Antram|2002|p=364}} Girouard writes, "the resulting impression of power, exuberance and abundance is sensational".{{sfn|Girouard|1979|p=96}} To the left is a 
[[Servants' quarters|service wing]] by Burn, which is visually balanced by a [[gazebo]] to the right, drawn from Wollaton Hall.{{sfn|Pevsner|Harris|Antram|2002|p=364}}