Listed Building: Harringworth Lodge (3/123)

Hunting lodge, now farmhouse. C13 origins, present building dates from C15 for the la Zouche family, with late C16/early C17 and early C19 additions. Regular coursed limestone, limestone ashlar and close studded timber framing. Collyweston slate roof. Originally rectangular plan, probably with one large chamber, now irregular T-shape. 2 storeys with attic. Main front of 5 irregular bays. Bay, to right of centre, breaks forward as an early C19 wing at right angles to main range. 2-window range of C19 and C20 casements, to first floor of centre 2 bays, and one C19 casement to ground floor, set in chamfered wood surround under a C16 hood mould. 4-panel door, under wood lintel, to right. Single-stage buttress to left of door. One-window range with C19 casement, to left, has C19 plank door, to right, under wood lintel. 2-stage ashlar buttresses to either side of this bay. The ground floor of this range is mainly ashlar with a section of regular coursed limestone to centre of range. The upper floor of the centre 2 bays is timber framed, now rendered. Moulded stone string course, between floors, and moulded stone cornice at eaves. Stone stacks at ridge and end. Bay to far right has one- window range of cross-windows, with iron casement under wood lintels. Right return wall, of early C19 wing, has a similar 2-window range. A 4-panelled door to right, under wood lintel, is now the main entrance. Left return of same wing has an irregular one-window range of cross-windows under wood lintels. C19 one-window range, attached to far left, has casement windows under shallow stone arches. Rear elevation has lean-to, with catslide roof, to left of centre. 3-window range of casements to first floor centre and right. One casement window, to first floor far left, is under wood lintel and has 2 large corbels at cill level, probably medieval, reset. Central 4-panel door is under wood lintel. Doorway in return wall of lean-to. Lower walls are mainly ashlar, with central infill section of regular coursed limestone corresponding to a similar techneque at main front. The upper floor is timber framed with rendering, with some evidence of stone slate infill. There is a moulded stone string course, between floors, with centre section, on this elevation, in timber. Interior; entrance hall, in early C19 wing, has staircase with stick balustrade, square newels and quarter landings. C15 two-light stone mullion window, to right of stair, is in main wall of original building and has cusped ogee-head lights with a blank shield in the spandrels. Room, to left of main front, has large open fireplace, now blocked. Centre room has corbelling at ceiling level, supporting first floor fireplace; and large spine beam. 2 rooms, to far left of main front, each have remains of open fireplace; one room has stopped-chamfered bressumer and spine beam. First floor room, to far right, has stop-chamfered stone door surround. Original roof remains to centre 3 bays with swell head posts, cambered tie beams, clasped purlins and curved wind braces. The bays to the left and right of the centre 3 bays were added in the late C16/early C17. The deer park was first created by William de Cantelupe in 1234. A large fish pond to the south of the lodge was also probably part of the original park. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p87)

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Feb 26 2024 3:12PM