Building record 2838/4/1 - Manor House & Attached Steps & Railings

An early 18th century house, originally constructed as a steward's house for the Apethorpe Estate. Additions and alterations took place during the 19th and early 20th century. The house is constructed of limestone with ashlar dressings and has a Collyweston slate (i.e. Lincolnshire limestone) roof. There are two storeys and it was orginally L-shaped in plan.

{1} Manor house. Early C18, for Apethorpe Estate extended. C19 and early C20 for Lord Brassey. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and Collyweston slate roof. Originally L-shape plan. 2 storeys with attic and cellar. Main front is a 5-window range. Central panelled door has moulded stone surround and a 2-light stone mullion fanlight above, flanked by moulded consoles, with pediment over. 2-light stone mullion windows with transoms. Chamfered plinth and raised band between floors. Dentiled wood cornice and 5 gabled roof dormers. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and ashlar end stacks with moulded cornices. Flight of steps, with attached iron railings, to front door. C19 and C20 alterations to left gable. Rear wing is similar. Rear elevation of main range has 3-light staircase window with transom. Late C19/early C20 wing attached at right angles to rear wing. Interior: C18 staircase with turned balusters and square newels; probably restored C19. Rooms to left and right of entrance have chamfered spine beams, Drawing Room, to left, has moulded bracket under beam. Dining Room to right of entrance has corner fireplace with bolection moulded, marble surround. Original rear entrance, now into cloakroom, has moulded stone surround with 2-light stone mullion fanlight above. Said to have been built as a stewards house for Apethorpe Hall by the Earl of Westmorland.

{2} House built early C18th for Apethorpe estate; said to have been built by Earl of Westmorland as steward's house; extended C19th & early C20th for Lord Brassey; squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings & Collyweston slate roof; steps with iron railings to front door;

{3} Manor House early 18th-century, said to have been built for the agent to the Earls of Westmorland (VCH, Northants. II, 543). It is of two storeys with a basement and attics and has an L-shaped plan with front range of class 6. The five-bay front has a first-floor platband, two-light mullioned and transomed windows, parapeted gables and a wooden bracketed cornice. The central entrance has a surround simply ornamented with channels and a central lozenge; above, an inserted fanlight is flanked by consoles supporting a pediment, probably reset. (Not entered).

{4}Built 1711; calls is Agent's House;

{5}On west side of road approaching Apethorpe Hall stands house built in 1711 by Thomas Earl of Westmorland as agent's house for estate; still so occupied;

{6} Undated photo.

{7} The summary description is partly based on the relevant archive materials housed at the National Monuments Record.

Historic England, MANOR HOUSE, APETHORPE, BF084014 (Archive). SNN114896.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 18/9 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G12 p.8 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.15 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.84 (checked) (Series). SNN1320.

<5> Serjeantson R.M.; Ryland W. (Editors), 1906, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.543 (checked) (Series). SNN100369.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Apethorpe (Photographs). SNN111852.

<7> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Compiler's comment, Robin Page, 28-JUN-2007 (Oral Report). SNN111577.

<9> RCHME, Undated, RCHME Inventory: Northamptonshire I (North-East), BF084017 (Archive). SNN113295.

<10> Historic England, Apethorpe Project, Northamptonshire, BF111643 (Archive). SNN114897.

Record last edited

Mar 27 2023 9:53AM