Building record 6288/1/1 - Cross Way Hand Lodge

A lodge built in 1728-9 for a forest keeper. 20th century extensions.

Shown as Crossway Hand Farm on Ordnance Survey map. Farmhouse. Mid/late C18 restored C20. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings. Double-depth plan. Part 3 storeys. 5-window range, to ground and first floor, of tall casements with plain ashlar surrounds and keyblocks. 3-window range to second floor, of similar square windows. Central, part-glazed door, has moulded stone architraves with plain frieze and triangular pediment above. Chamfered plinth, ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and ashlar stacks at ends. Sundial between windows at second floor level. Side gables have projecting chimney breasts. Rear elevation has catslide roof and one 4-light stone mullion window with unmoulded mullions. Interior not inspected but noted as having chamfered cross beams and panelled corner cupboard. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p144)

{3} Cross Way Hand Lodge was built for a forest keeper in the early 18th century and payments for oak boards and plaster in January 1729 suggest it was finished soon after that date (NRO, W (A) 4.III.4).

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/123 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G10 (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. 143/site 9 (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Southwick (Photographs). SNN113176.

<5> Historic England, CROSS WAY HAND LODGE, SOUTHWICK, BF084443 (Archive). SNN114883.

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Mar 23 2023 2:11PM