Building record 1396/2/3 - No. 5 Isham Road (Lodge Cottage)

{1} Former gatehouse, now a house. Late C18 with C19 and mid C20 additions. Coursed limestone rubble and ashlar with brick addition and pyramidal stone slate roof. Quoins and paired coped stone side wall stack. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Square plan with lean-to additions to south. Windows are mainly C20 glazing bar casements. East side has lean-to range to left with an off-centre glazed door and 2 casements, all with wooden lintels. To the right, a C20 stone-faced porch with a door and casement to the return angle. Above, a C20 casement to left and a 2-light sliding sash to right. West side has, to left, 2 C20 imitation sashes and above, 2 casements, all with wooden lintels. This building was one of a pair of gatehouses to Pytchley Hall, which was demolished in 1824.

{3} Two photos dated November 1981 and January 1982;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/58 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K1/3 p.38 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Pytchley (Photographs). SNN112977.

Record last edited

Feb 16 2022 12:49PM