Building record 1010/0/30 - West Lodges (North Lodge)

{1} Lodge and gatepier with gates. c.1730. Lias ashlar with slate roof. Lodge of 2-unit plan with cross-wing. Single storey; 2-window range of 2-light casements with transoms and leaded lights under flat arches. Steep pediments to cross-wings. Central stone stack. Entrance in side elevation facing gates, has Gibbs surround with C19 studded door, dormer window above entrance. Rusticated gatepier with ball finials attached to right of lodge by wrought iron handgate with spikes. Wrought iron carriage ate with spikes attached to right. Wrought iron lamp bracket over handgate. The lodge, gates and gatepier form a pair with West Lodge (south).

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/27 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.83 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Stamper P., 1998, The Historic Landscape Of Althorp Park - An Outline Of The Designed Landscape, With A Rapid Assessment, p.3 (checked) (Report). SNN100246.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Althorp (Photographs). SNN111846.

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Jan 29 2020 12:35PM