Listed Building: Lantern House (18/5)

House, formerly lodge to Fawsley Park. Late C18/early C19, restored 1981. Coursed squared ironstone, plain tile roofs. Octagonal. 2 storeys. Plank door in chamfered stone arch with 4-centred head within stone porch which has similar doorway with hood mould; stone coat of arms above. Stonework of porch largely renewed 1981. One-light windows throughout with diamond pattern leading in double-chamfered stone surrounds, except for ground floor window to right side facing road of 2 lights with chamfered mullions. Above porch and in corresponding positions to rear and right sides, windows have hood moulds. Single-storey gabled wing to rear balancing porch (stonework largely renewed) and C20 single-storey extension to left side. Chamfered plinth, offset buttresses to angles facing road, moulded stone eaves, and C20 lead flue replacing central stone stack at apex of pyramidal roof. Possibly designed by James Wyatt who designed the Old School House (q.v.) in similar style. (Buildings of England: Northants, p.100).

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