Listed Building: EAGLETHORPE HOUSE 4 EAGLETHORPE (1371957)

House now 2 dwellings. Late C16/early C17 for Ormes family, extended early/mid C19. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and Colleyweston slate roof. Originally probably 3-unit plan. 2 storeys with attic. Main front is an irregular 6-window range of 2-, 3- and 4-light stone mullion windows. 3 windows to the right at first floor are C16/C17, others are C19; those at ground floor have had sills lowered C19. Central C19 panelled door with 4-centred-arch head and moulded stone surround. A hlar quoins and ashlar gable parapets. 4 gabled roof dormers have casement windows with glazing bars. Ashlar ridge and end stacks with moulded cornices. Straight joint, to right of entrance, indicates extent of C19 addition. C19 single-storey building attached to left of main front. Interior: early C19 staircase with stick balustrade. Stop-chamfered cross beams. Doorway, between rooms to right of entrance, said to come from Fotheringhay Castle, has a 4-centred-arch head with a falcon in fetlo k and double rose in the spandrels. The door is made up of 4 early C16 panels. C17 fireplace said to be in first floor room. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p164)

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Dec 19 2022 1:16PM