Building record 1156/8/1 - Ecton Grange

House. Late C17 and early C18 for John Baker. Squared coursed lias with ashlar dressings and slate roof.

{1} House. Late C17 and early C18 for John Baker. Squared coursed lias with ashlar dressings and slate roof. T-shape plan. 2 storeys with attic. Main front of 2-window range of C19 casements in original openings; those at first floor are under wood lintels and those at ground floor under gauged stone heads with a central shallow arch. 2 flat topped roof dormers have casements with glazing bars. Moulded stone cornice and ashlar gable parapets and kneelers. Brick stack at end. Illegible plaque between first floor windows. Rear wing has some leaded casements at half landing positions. Entrance front has C20 porch and other extension. Interior: C18 dogleg staircase around a small square well has square newels and turned balusters. Chamfered spine beams. (Ecton: Bertram Knight n.d.).

{3} Undated photo, also photo dated May 1977;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 18/76 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G05 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100394.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Ecton (Photographs). SNN111810.

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