Building record 3382/1/1 - New Park Barn c.75m East of Fox Covert Farmhouse

Barn built around 1770. Built as a folly by Earl of Strafford and Wentworth.

{1} Barn. c.1770. Squared coursed limestone with slate roof. Central cart entrance with brick dressings and flanking turrets, formerly castellated having blank arcade at ground level. Slit ventilators. Built as a folly by Earl of Strafford and Wentworth. (Buildings of England : Northamptonshire, p.110)

{4} 250m to the north-west of Grotto Spinney stands Fox Covert Farm formerly Newpark Barn; the name was changed in the early C20th with the planting of Fox Covert. It was built by the Second Earl in 1770 and until 1929 was castellated.

{5} New Park Barn, now renamed Fox Covert Hall. Originally had a date stone of 1770 over the door. It gave the appearance of a fortified castle with towers at either end and arrow slit windows. It was origionally castellated, but these features were removed in 1929. The structure is a Grade II Listed Building and was designed only for viewing from the direction of the Hall. It is aligned so that the setting sun falls directly on the stucture when viewed from Boughton Hall.

Description from record 3382/1:
{1} This contains information on the follies and also a newspaper cutting that talks of the follies.

{7} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 9/244 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<1> Scott S., 1995, The Follies of Boughton Park, (unchecked) (Book). SNN44220.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G01 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Jones B., 1974, Follies and Grottoes, (unchecked) (Book). SNN56966.

<4> English Heritage, 1994, Register of Parks & Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England (1994, Northamptonshire), (unchecked) (Report). SNN1324.

<5> Scott S., 1995, The Follies of Boughton Park, p.53-54 (checked) (Book). SNN44220.

<6> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.110 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<7> Photographs of buildings in Pitsford (Photographs). SNN113564.

Record last edited

Jun 8 2022 11:00AM