Building record 3112/1/2 - Knuston Hall Outbuildings
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Type and Period (8)
- OUTBUILDING (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1700 AD? to 1999 AD?)
- LAUNDRY (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1700 AD? to 1949 AD?)
- COLLEGE LODGINGS (Mid 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1950 AD? to 1999 AD?)
- STABLE (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1700 AD? to 1949 AD?)
- COACH HOUSE (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1700 AD? to 1949 AD?)
- CATTLE PEN (Post Medieval to Mid 20th Century - 1700 AD? to 1949 AD?)
- AVIARY (Modern to Mid 20th Century - 1800 AD? to 1949 AD?)
- DOVECOTE (Modern to Mid 20th Century - 1800 AD? to 1949 AD?)
Full Description
{2} Country house and outbuildings, now residential College of Adult Education.
C17, C18 and C19, with C18-C20 alterations. The C18 work was for Benjamin Kidney and that after 1865 for Sir Richard Arkwright.
Coursed stone rubble with stone dressings and some ashlar in the earlier parts. There is some plain tiling on outbuildings.
Extending from the house to left, north, is an extensive series of C18 and C19 outbuildings partly around a large yard. Projecting further east is another two-storey brick range which then becomes a garden wall.
Extending from the north front is the extensive series of outbuildings, now partly subsidiary college accommodation. The two-storey range nearest to the house has an C18 four bay front with a two bay central breakforward under a pediment in which is a reset datestone of 1666 (possibly the date of the C17 parts of the house). Adjoining to the north of this, and of less significance, are a former scullery and laundry, a single-storey building much altered, and a former stable block, which is roofless.
From this range extend further ranges on three sides of a large yard. To the east is a large, two-storey, three-bay, former coach house with a stone front and pediment, containing a blind roundel, and three arched entrances. On each side of the coach house are single-storey ranges in stone with openings dressed in red brick. To the far north are C18 brick ranges formerly used as livestock houses and pens. To the south are stone buildings used in the early C19 as an aviary and dovecote.
A survey drawing made by the well-known architect JB Papworth, probably c.1811 for Thomas Lane who seems to have been the then tenant, gives a very good idea of the hall at that time showing both the configuration and use of the rooms. It is almost certainly a drawing made on the spot, whilst the architect toured the house and outbuildings, and may have been a preliminary to possible alterations.
<1> History of Knuston Hall, (unchecked) (Website). SNN106034.
<2> DCMS, 2008, Listing Schedule, (checked) (Schedule). SNN106032.
<3> Papworth J.B., 1811, RIBA Drawings Collection, (unchecked) (Archive). SNN106033.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SNN106034 Website: History of Knuston Hall. www.knustonhall.org.uk/history.htm. (unchecked).
- <2> SNN106032 Schedule: DCMS. 2008. Listing Schedule. 495856. (checked).
- <3> SNN106033 Archive: Papworth J.B.. 1811. RIBA Drawings Collection. JB Papworth Collection PB1327/PAP [206] (1-2).. (unchecked).
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 93830 66136 (62m by 74m) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | IRCHESTER, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District) |
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- None recorded
Record last edited
Jan 10 2014 3:17PM
