Building record 272/3/2 - Wall, Stables, Gates & Gatepiers at Entrance to Weston Hall

{1} Gatepiers. C18. Limestone ashlar. Square rusticated piers, moulded entablature and urn finials with gadrooned bases and C19 double iron gates. Short section of wall to left, squared coursed limestone and ironstone with stone coping, links with outbuildings, C18, similar materials with slate roof and 4 bays of 9-pane sash windows with wood lintels. Side facing the house has brick arches (whitewashed) of unequal width (2 blocked). Wall continues to left with stone coping for approx. 20 metres and a higher section with tiled coping for approx. 30 metres. Wall continues round at angle beside Home Farmhouse, and has upper section rebuilt in brick. Interior: Stables have original teak stalls. Sir William Walton is said to have composed the oratorio "Belshazzar's Feast" in the harness room (Information from Francis Sitwell).

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/203 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F03 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Weston and Weedon (Photographs). SNN114034.

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Sep 7 2022 2:15PM