Building record 4770/0/14 - North Lodge & Gateways to Easton Neston House

Lodge, gates and gatepiers.

{1} Lodge, gates and gatepiers. 1822-3 by John Raffield for 3rd Earl of Pomfret. Limestone ashlar, coursed squared limestone, hipped slate roof, brick lateral stack. 3-unit plan. 1 and 2 storeys. Cast-iron gates with spear finials. Tall rusticated gatepiers with alternate bands of vermiculation, ironstone plinths, horizontal oval paterae to frieze, moulded cornices, topped by urns with ball finials. Flanked by round-arched pedestrian gateways with similar cast-iron gates and gatepiers. Curved stone-coped walls of coursed squared stone either side, terminated by plain piers. Round-arched doorway in left wall. Right wall extends to 2-storey lodge flanked by single-storey wings with lean-to roofs. Central block has 6-panel door to right, a 12-pane sash window to ground floor left and 9-pane sash to 1st floor, all with wood lintels; plain brick eaves. Wings have 12-pane sash windows and wood lintels. Interior: ogee-stop-chamfered spine beam.

{4} Two undated photos;

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/71 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.205 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Easton Neston (Photographs). SNN111650.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Easton Neston (Photographs). SNN111650.

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May 28 2025 10:21AM