Building record 3962/0/8 - Rushton Manor

House. Dated 1694 and 1856. Squared coursed ironstone with limestone dressings, Collyweston stone slate and plain tile roofs, coped gables moulded stone end stacks and lateral stack to north-west wing. H-plan, the north-west wing C17, the rest C19. 2 storeys and attic. Gable end of north-west wing has 4-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned windows with hood-moulds to ground and first floors, and a 3-light window to attic, with central light stepped. Square stone not cornice in gable, with date in . l. South-west wing copies detail of north-west wing. Central linking block has C19 gabled porch with arched entrance and C20 door, and a 2-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned window with cornice above. Rectangular leaded glazing. Left flank partly rebuilt and refenestrated apart from a 3-light leaded casement window with wooden lintel. Interior altered, but ground floor front room has cross-beam with run-out chamfer.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/236 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), J12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

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Feb 4 2011 11:50AM