Building record 3043/2/3 - Fineshade Abbey Stables

Stables. Datestone 1848 for Monckton family of Fineshade Abbey.

{1} Stables. Datestone 1848 for Monckton family of Fineshade Abbey. Squared coursed limestone, with ashlar dressings, and slate roof. Courtyard plan with buildings on 3 sides. Entrance front, to north, is 2 storeys with central entrance arch, flanked by blank ranges of casement openings, to left and right. Archway has rusticated surround with armorial device above. Central octagonal stone cupola supported by volutes. Hipped roof. Clock in cupola. End elevations of range have one-window ranges of cas ment openings to ground and first floors. West range, linking north and south ranges, is single storey with attached stone piers. South range is of 2 storeys. with hipped roof. Courtyard elevation of west range has lean-to at ground floor with 7 bays of segmental arch-head openings. Casement openings above. Courtyard elevation of west range has datestone above arch and flanking casement openings. Fourth side of courtyard is enclosed by retaining wall. Fineshade Abbey was founded c.1200 on the site of Castle Hymel. The site was bought in 1546 by Sir Robert Kirkham, who incorporated the abbey ruins into a house. In the early/mid C18 the house was bought and rebuilt by William King. In the mid C18 the house passed to the Monckton family; it was largely demolished in 1956. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p61)

{4} The stables to the south-west of the house still stand. They are of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and occupy three sides of a yard. The main entrance is through a round arch in the north arm and is surmounted by a cupola. Above the arch is the date 1848

{7} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/116 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G11 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> 1975-85, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN100542.

<4> R.C.H.M.E., 1984, An inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire, p. 61 (Notes). SNN110258.

<5> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 219 (Series). SNN1320.

<6> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 38/site 3 (Series). SNN77379.

<7> Photographs of buildings in Duddington (Photographs). SNN112103.

Record last edited

Aug 5 2024 10:22AM