Building record 2881/7/1 - Easton Hall & Attached Wall

Also known as Easton House. A late 17th century manor house partially rebuilt and remodelled during the early 19th century. The building is situated on the western side of Church Street at its junction with The Lane. The house is L shaped in plan and is constructed of coursed limestone and ashlar with a Collyweston slate roof. It is three stories high on the Church Street façade and two stories high on the range parallel with The Lane. The main entrance façade on Church Street has a five window range of tall two light stone mullioned windows beneath a stone parapet and a Jacobean gable. The range to The Lane has a seven window range of two light stone mullioned windows. A garden wall is attached to the house on the left and retains a square headed archway.

{1} Manor house. Late C17 partly rebuilt and remodelled early C19, possibly by J. Richardson of Stamford, and extended mid C19. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar façade and Collyweston slate roof. Irregular L-shape plan. 2 storeys with attic, and 3 storeys. Entrance front abutting Church Street is early C19, 3 storeys, 5-window range. Central pillared porch with parapet and part-glazed door. Centre bay breaks forward slightly with Jacobean style gable over. Tall 2-light stone mullion windows wit hood moulds. Second-floor centre window in Gothick style, has 2-centred arch-head and cusping. Gabled roof behind parapet, with moulded cornice. Plain pilasters at corners terminate as tall square, gabled, pinnacles. Ashlar gable parapets and ashlar end stacks with moulded cornices. Mid C19 single-storey extension to left has blank elevation and hipped roof. Elevation of rear wing, abuting The Lane, is an irregular 7-window range of C20 casements at first floor. Arch-head stair window to lef . Garden front, of rear wing was also remodelled early C19. 7-window range of 2-light stone mullion windows; the transoms having been removed. The hood moulds form a continuous band linking the heads of the ground and first floor windows. 3 Jacobean style gables, to attic, are linked and flanked by openwork diamond parapets with cusping. 2-light stone mullion window to each gable. Central sundial with inscription "Wee shall". Elevation at right angles, to right, is the rear wall of the Entrance Front and is a 2-window range of 2-light stone mullion windows with a gable over. Gable end, to right, has large coat of arms of Cutler family. Garden wall attached to left of Entrance front has C18 square-head gatearch to far left. Interior: C17 main staircase with half landings rising to attic, has square panelled newels and twisted balusters. The half landing newels terminate as scrolls. Secondary stair is also C17 with turned balusters and newels similar to main stair. Said to have some e rly C19 plasterwork to first floor rooms.

{3} House of limestone with Collyweston slate roof. Originally T-shape plan now irregular S-shape. Single storey with attic. Entrance front of 2 bays with cross-wing breaking forward to right. Bay to left has C20 door, under renewed wood lintel. Gabled eaves dormer above, with C19 style casement window. Gable end, to right, has a one-window range of C19 style current windows. Return wall of cross-wing has a similar 2-window range with one gabled eaves dormer. Open hoo , with Collyweston slate roof, across corner at intersection of wings. Stone stack at ridge. Gable to left has a 2-light stone mullion window, to first floor, with narrow lights. Outbuilding attached to rear now forms part of the house. Interior not inspected but probably has remains of open fireplaces. Wing removed during C18.

{4} Undated photo;

{1, 5} The site of a late 17th century manor house partially rebuilt and remodelled early 19th century. The house is L shaped in plan and is constructed of coursed limestone and ashlar with a Collyweston Slate roof. It is three stories high on the Church Street façade and two stories high on the range parallel with The Lane. The main entrance façade on Church Street has a five window range of tall two light stone mullioned windows beneath a stone parapet and a Jacobean gable. The range to The Lane has a seven window range of two light stone mullioned windows. A garden wall is attached to the house on the left and retains a square headed archway. The building is Grade II listed.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/42 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.56-59 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Easton On The Hill (Photographs). SNN111661.

<5> Historic England, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments- Building File (Oral Report). SNN71057.

<6> Historic England, Undated, EASTON HALL, EASTON ON THE HILL, BF084041 (Archive). SNN113999.

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Sep 21 2023 11:12AM