Building record 4102/3/1 - East Carlton Hall (Present Building)

Country house. C.1870 by E.F. Law for Palmer family. Brick with ashlar dressings and Swithland slate roof. Double-depth plan in French Chateau style. On site of East Hall.

{1} Country house. C.1870 by E.F. Law for Palmer family. Brick with ashlar dressings and Swithland slate roof. Double-depth plan in French Chateau style. 2 and 3 storeys, parts with attic. Main front of 9-window range. Central porch supported on 2 pairs and 2 single columns has plain entablature, dentilled cornice and open balustrade above. Panelled door to left has moulded stone architrave. Centre 5 bays have sash windows with moulded stone architraves and alternate triangular and segmental bracketted pediments over. Attic storey has similar windows set in eaves dormers with pediments and linked by an open balustrade. Central dormer has arched pediment with finial. End bays are 3 storeys forming corner towers with 2-storey canted stone bay windows with pairs of sash windows to second floor. Ashlar quoins and dentilled cornices. Square pinnacles with urns at corners of towers linked to central eaves dormers by open balustrade. Gambrel roof to centre range and mansard roofs to towers ith cast iron railings and finials to tower ridges. Panelled brick stacks at ridge with ashlar cornices. Elevation to left is similar of 5-window range. The end two bays form the corner towers with squared bay windows at ground floor. Rear elevation is similar to main front without porch. Elevation to right of main front is similar, of 3-window range. Interior: double-height entrance hall has grand staircase dividing into two flights at base and half landing and flanking walls of 4 bays wit pilasters subdivided by moulded cornice. Moulded plaster ceiling. 2 rooms to left and one to right of entrance hall have similar plaster decoration. Some C19 fireplaces in principal rooms. 2 C19 service staircases with turned balusters. Fragments of C18 house may be incorporated.

{2} House built c.1870 by E.F.Law for Palmer family. Brick-built in French chateau style; fragments of the earlier C18th house may be incorporated.

{3} Built 1870 by E.F. Law of red brick and ironstone. Italian detail but French pavilion roofs. It replaced an earlier house on this site.

{4} Undated photo;

{6} `Carlton... Sir Jeffery Palmer, lord of manor, hath here an old mansion-house.. called East-hall'.

{8} A `noted house of "Sir Jn. Palmer" is shown in the approximate area of the present `East Carlton Park'. SP 83488937

{9} [SP 83478939] East Carlton Park T.I.

{10} This house is built on the site of the Medieval manor house. It is now known as East Carlton Hall and occupied as staff quarters for Stewart and Lloyds - a large steel combine. There are no known remains of the ancient house.

{11} The present house is a large C19th mansion. No evidence of the Medieval hall was seen.

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<2> 1992, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K06 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN46686.

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.197 (part checked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Photographs of buildings in East Carlton (Photographs). SNN111761.

<5> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 244 (Book). SNN111989.

<6> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p. 290 (Book). SNN77326.

<7> Mowl T.; Hickman C., 2008, The Historic Gardens of England: Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Series). SNN106082.

<8> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire (Map). SNN1852.

<9> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 6" 1899-1950 (Map). SNN112944.

<10> Woodhouse, W C, 1959, Field investigators comments, F1 WC Woodhouse 28-SEP-1959 (Notes). SNN113006.

<11> ORAL REPORT, Oral: Mr W.S Webb, Manager: East Carlton Hall (Oral Report). SNN53287.

<12> Historic England, NMR Measured Drawings, NMR06 (Drawing). SNN113008.

<13> Historic England, Undated, Labelled plan of East Carlton Hall, East Carlton, RCH01/082/01/047 (Archive). SNN113009.

Record last edited

Feb 22 2022 3:00PM