Listed Building: Thorpe Castle House (1294127)

Manor house. Probably medieval origins as part of Thorpe Waterville Castle. Mainly mid C17, restored C19 and C20. Squared coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roof. Irregular T-shape plan. 2 storeys with attic. Entrance front of 4 bays with later gabled cross wing breaking forward to right of centre. Doorway to right of cross wing has 4-centred arch head with mouldings to topside of lintel, probably reset. C20 door. C19 two- and 3-light stone mullion windows, above door, and to first floor and attic. C20 two-light stone mullion window to ground floor left of cross wing with single-light window above. C19 two-light stone mullion window with transom to first floor right. Return walls of cross wing have single-light windows. Lateral stone stacks to left and right. Ashlar gable parapets, cross wing has crow stepped gable. Elevation to right of entrance front is a 2-window range of C20 stone mullion windows with gable to left. Reset medieval lancet window to first floor left of gable. Rear elevation has projecting wing to left, probably C19. Central gabled attic dormer has lateral stack attached to right. C20 stone mullioned bay window to right. Ashlar gable parapets and stone stacks at ridge and end. The house may incorporate some remains of Thorpe Waterville Castle of which Castle Barn approximately 50 metres north-east of Thorpe Castle House (q.v.) is the chief survival. Probably converted to 2 farm cottages late C18. Interior not inspected but said to be remodelled C20. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.429; V.C.H.: Northamptonshire, Vol.3, p.135).

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