Building record 3471/0/11 - No.2 Brafield Road (Danehurst Lodge)

House but formerly lodge; mid C19th; altered C20th; limestone ashlar with lead roofs and central stone ridge stack.

{1} House but formerly lodge; mid C19th; altered C20th; limestone ashlar with lead roofs and central stone ridge stack; cruciform plan; 2 storeys; principal elevation facing Brafield Road has order of giant Ionic pilasters framing central bay and narrower bays either side; central sash window to ground floor centre with moulded stone surround and pulvinated frieze and moulded cornice; shorter sash window to first floor; centre with moulded sill and surround; bays either side have shallow round-headed niches to ground floor; plinth moulded ground floor sill band and full entablature with pulvinated frieze and pediment to gable; plinth, sill band and entablature are continued round whole building and all gables are pedimented; wing to left facing The Drive has similar composition omitting niches and frieze of ground floor window; side facing Brafield Road has C20th door with moulded stone surround; projecting wing to rear has similar composition but blank ground floor central window with moulded surround and pair of small blank windows to first floor above with moulded sills only; bays either side have sashes with moulded surrounds to ground and first floors; wing to right has similar windows but no pilasters and further single-storey projecting wing altered C20th and with pedimented gable; all sashes are horned and have 4 large panes; one of a pair of lodges at entrance to former principal drive to Horton Hall (demolished 1936); their architecture is based on that of The New Temple.

{3} Two lodges of Horton Hall remain; 2-storied with giant pilasters and no doubt Victorian in date.

{4} Undated photo;

{5} Photo dated 23rd November 1995;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 21/99 (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.264 (checked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Hackleton (Photographs). SNN112513.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Hackleton (Photographs). SNN112513.

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May 28 2025 12:01PM