Building record 3321/0/14 - Bridge by Brickyard Lodge

Bridge. C.1800. Limestone ashlar. Single-arched bridge.

{1} Bridge. C.1800. Limestone ashlar. Single-arched bridge. Low elliptical arch flanked by pilaster strips with moulded roundel above string course, which has flat U-shaped brackets. Low stone-coped parapet with wrought-iron railing. Railings have spear finials and slender standards with urn finials. The approaches curve outwards. Bridge gives access to park and spans stream feeding the chain of lakes on the north side of the park. (Castle Ashby park and gardens are included in the HBMC Register of Parks and Gardens for Northamptonshire at Grade I)

{3} Some 400m north of the village, at the west end of The Basin, is Brickyard Lodge (listed grade II), a limestone ashlar building of c 1800 in the Elizabethan style, with a shallow, two-storey bay window facing the drive. Adjoining it is a limestone ashlar bridge (listed grade II), also of c 1800.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 12/40 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> English Heritage, 1994, Register of Parks & Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England (1994, Northamptonshire), (unchecked) (Report). SNN1324.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Castle Ashby (Photographs). SNN111838.

Record last edited

Aug 2 2021 4:00PM