Building record 941/0/33 - Grafton Lodge

House. Mid C18.

{1} House. Mid C18. Squared coursed lias with slate roof. L-plan. 3 storeys; 2-window range, central entrance with 4-panelled door under stone lintel, 2-light casement windows with plain stone mullions, cross transoms and surrounds to ground and first floor, plain 2-light casements to second floor. Rusticated quoins, ashlar gable parapets and kneelers. Hipped roof at intersection of L-plan. Brick stacks at ridge and ends. Remains of sundial to right side. Single-light windows with stone surrounds :> Left façade similar. Oral report from Brian Giggins: house has datestone of 1690; he thinks it could be C16th!; suspects building might be park-related; small building but high status; may have functioned as lodge/pavilion; very fine king post truss;

Oral report from Brian Giggins: house has datestone of 1690; he thinks it could be C16th!; suspects building might be park-related; small building but high status; may have functioned as lodge/pavilion; very fine king post truss;

{3} Undated photo, also photo dated 13.05.1987;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/199 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Harlestone (Photographs). SNN112560.

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Jan 16 2025 12:06PM