Building record 7996/1/1 - Brockhill Lodge

Cottage. Datestone 1823 with relief of the Henley coat of arms above doorway. Coursed ironstone and limestone rubble, hipped slate roof, with overhanging eaves, brick stacks.

{1} Cottage. Datestone 1823 with relief of the Henley coat of arms above doorway. Coursed ironstone and limestone rubble, hipped slate roof, with overhanging eaves, brick stacks. 2 storeys; 3 bays. Doorways and windows have painted stone surrounds. Central doorway with plank door. Windows with wooden Y-tracery, some broken at time of survey. Interior: fittings in Gothick style. Painted 4-panel doors with Y-tracery in the head. Similar doors to cupboards. Original fireplaces with reeded wood surrounds with corner roundels.

{3} Lodge is dilapidated and partly ruinous.

{4} Please Note: between 1880 map and present day, Brockhill Lodge becomes the name for Watford Lodge (1880's). The Watford Lodge name has been given to a group of buildings at SP6102 6837.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/271 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F04 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Ellison M., 2002, SMR Report Form, (checked) (SMR Report Form). SNN101444.

<4> Ellison M., 2002, Brockhill Lodge, (unchecked) (Photographic prints (COL)). SNN101450.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Watford (Photographs). SNN114136.

Record last edited

Oct 5 2022 10:25AM