Building record 4701/1/1 - No.7 Roade Hill (Ashton Manor)

Manor house, now house. Early C17 with earlier origins, altered C19. Coursed limestone rubble, old plain-tile roofs. Stone end and ridge stacks.

{1} Manor house, now house. Early C17 with earlier origins, altered C19. Coursed limestone rubble, old plain-tile roofs. Stone end and ridge stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic and 3 storeys. C20 door near re-entrant angle with wood lintel. 2- and 3-light casement windows with wood lintels, some stop-moulded. Massive end stack to outer right end of main range, upper portion partly resting on stone corbel. Large segmental-arched opening to end of other wing, now glazed. Former outbuilding range now part of house projects to rear; one storey and loft. Interior: stop-chamfered spine beams, fine dog-leg staircase from ground floor to attic with square newel posts and turned balusters. Stone fireplace with moulded Tudor-arched head and jambs, and stone fireplaces associated with large end stack to ground, 1st and 2nd floors all with chamfered cambered heads, smaller to upper rooms. Sub-divided C19 and split up into 4 dwellings until 1953.

{4} Mostly C17th date but considered to have earlier origins.

{6} Post medieval manor house of Ashton is shown on 1768 map.

{7} Undated photo,also six photos dated 19/7/94, also one photo dated 29/10/93;

{8} [SP 7645 5003] MANOR HOUSE [GT] (Remains of)

{9} Manor house not outstanding; the earliest visible architecture is L 16c. See photograph. The moat remains in part only. See annotated/revised 1/2500 survey.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1/4 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F11 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.7/Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<4> English Heritage, 1992, English Heritage Scheduling Notification, (part checked) (Report). SNN47128.

<5> Whellan, 1874, History, Topography & Directory of Northamptonshire, p.561 (unchecked) (Book). SNN1002.

<6> 1768, Map of Ashton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN19017.

<7> Photographs of buildings in Ashton (Photographs). SNN111856.

<8> Ordnance Survey, 1901, Second Edition OS 6 Inch Mapping Series (23NE), OS 6" NSL (Map). SNN108901.

<9> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, 13-MAY-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

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Jul 2 2024 9:14AM