Building record 3112/1/3 - Fox Cottage & Attached Outbuilding to East

Lodge house, now house. Datestone 1866 with evidence of earlier structure.

{1} Lodge house, now house. Datestone 1866 with evidence of earlier structure. Regular coursed limestone and ironstone with brick dressings and plain-tile roof. Originally 2-unit plan. 2 storeys; 2-window range of casements with cast-iron lattice glazing bars under shallow brick arches with brick dressings. Central gable projection has blank arch with corbelled brackets and central armorial device. Lean-to to left has blocked opening with pointed head. Brick stacks at ends. Right gable has datestone with animal head above. Evidence of earlier single-storey structure in left gable. Single storey outbuilding in similar style of 2-window range is attached to left by brick arch with stone corbells now formed into C20 porch.

{3} Two undated photos;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/202 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Irchester (Photographs). SNN112806.

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Jun 19 2025 3:16PM