Building record 3321/0/19 - Station Lodge

Lodge. 1868 by E.W. Godwin. Coursed squared limestone with limestone dressings, plain-tile roofs, stone end and lateral stacks.

{1} Lodge. 1868 by E.W. Godwin. Coursed squared limestone with limestone dressings, plain-tile roofs, stone end and lateral stacks. Gatehouse and attached double-depth-plan lodge cottage. 2 and 3 storeys. Picturesque composition. 3-storey gatehouse has moulded segmental-arched carriage arch with semi-circular responds, flanked by off-set buttresses. Shields with Compton arms to spandrels of arch. 2-light leaded ovolo-moulded stone mullion window above. String course at sill level. Narrow 1-light window above with chamfered stone surround. Stone-coped gable with kneelers and seated dragon finial to apex. Single-storey wing to left with quoins and stone-coped gable with kneelers; no windows to this side. Circular stair turret rises from 2-storey, 1-window attached lodge house to right. Turret has slit windows with chamfered stone surrounds, chamfered eaves, conical roof with ball finial and rises above gatehouse. Doorway to house, at foot of stair turret has C20 door, curved stone lintel and pointed arched panel above, framing cartouche of arms. 4-light chamfered stone mullion windows to ground and 1st floors, that to ground floor with transom and both leaded. Single-storey lean-to extension to right. Carriageway has stone tunnel vault with 3 ovolo-moulded ribs and cast-iron double-leaf gates. Lodge stands at head of road to Earls Barton and former station.

{4} The Station Lodge (listed grade II), a striking baronial-style stone building of 1869 by E W Godwin with turret and archway beneath, stands on the northern edge of the park. Leading north, outside the registered area, is the straight, causewayed road built in 1863 4 (and raised in 1873) to link the Castle with the railway station (now (1998) gone) at its end.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 3/15 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.145 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> English Heritage, 1994, Register of Parks & Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England (1994, Northamptonshire), (unchecked) (Report). SNN1324.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Castle Ashby (Photographs). SNN111838.

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Feb 25 2025 2:03PM