Listed Building: Overstone College (13/188)

Country House. Mid C19, by W.M. Tuelon for the first Lord Overstone. Limestone ashlar with slate roof. Complex plan. Garden front: main house of 3 storeys; 5-window range of sashes. To left is a large canted bay with rusticated pilasters and open balustrade over; above are twin sashes with pediment over and armorial embellishment. Large square bay in the centre has open parapet over; gable above with pilasters, semi-ciruclar head and finial. Hipped roofs with ashlar stacks at ridge and ends. Large square tower breaking forward to right is of 4 stages with open belvedre in fourth stage of double arcade with twin columns and rusticated pilasters at the corners. Open balustrade with large corner pilasters surmounted by groups of ball finials. 2-storey, 5-window range to right of tower has canted bay to left and corner bay to right, both in similar style to the main house. Short square tower to far right of 3 stages with triple arcade in third stage, rusticated pilasters at corners and shallow copper pyramid roof. Low wall with urns attached to centre of garden. Entrance front is similar style with central single-storey porch with large rusticated pilasters. Semi circular gable above has scroll embellishment. Large canted bay to left and square bay to right similar to garden front. Other facades similar. Interior: Large entrance hall with central staircase parting into 2 flights at quarter landing. Turned balustrade with swept handrail. Moulded marble surrounds to openings. Chapel to right has fine moulded plaster ceiling. Library to centre of garden front has fireplaces and bookcases with moulded wood surround with 2 large mirrored overmantels; moulded plaster ceilings with Jacobean motifs. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.369).

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