Building record 4616/0/2 - No. 31 Brackley Road

{1} Lodge. Mid C18, altered mid C19. Coursed squared limestone and ashlar, plain tile roof with ornamental ridge tiles, brick end stacks. 2-unit plan. 1 storey, basement/cellar and attic. Central C20 door in moulded wood surround, with flat-arched head and straight hood on carved stone brackets, flanked by 12-pane sash windows with flat-arched heads. Plinth, wide pilaster strips to corners with blank panels also above door and windows. Two gabled dormers. Basement has exterior access to right. One of a pair of lodges to a drive which formerly led south to Stowe, seat of the Dukes of Buckingham.

{4} Undated photo, also photo dated 21.10.1993;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 7/63 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F07 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.404 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Silverstone (Photographs). SNN113232.

Record last edited

Apr 20 2022 11:56AM