Building record 2034/1/1 - The Hill

Built in 1898 as hunting lodge for J. Hope Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak by C.F.A. Voysey. Pebbledash walls, tile roof, pebbledash stacks. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays.

{1} House. 1898-8. Built as hunting lodge for J. Hope Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak by C.F.A. Voysey. Pebbledash walls, tile roof, pebbledash stacks. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Buttresses at angles and between 2 right bays. 2 storey porch in second bay from left has doorway with stone lintel and studded plank door with ornamental hinges. 9-light wood-mullioned window above with lights around 3 sides of porch. Small one-light casement windows on either side. 4-light bay window to left with wood mullions, similar window in second bay from right. 5-light bay window to right. 4-light windows with wood mullions in right bay and second bay from right on first floor. Hipped roof with wide eaves. 2 straight headed dormers flanking stacks. Wall screening kitchen courtyard projects between two right bays on main front. Pebbledash with tiled coping; 2 doorways with arched heads and plank doors. Interior: Original fireplaces have been removed and main staircase altered. Rear staircase, unaltered, has continuous newel posts. Voyseys preliminary designs are preserved (R.I.B.A. London). (D. Gebhard, Voysey, Los Angeles, 1975, p.26; Joanna Symonds Catalogue of the Drawings of C.F.A. Voysey in the Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1976, p.43).

{2} Undated photo.

{5} Very typical of Voysey with pebbledash, informal composition and battered buttresses at the corners, wooden veranda on one side.

{6} Designs for The Hill.

<1> Historic England (formerly English Heritage), Ongoing, National Heritage List for England, (checked) (Website). SNN107872.

<2> Photographs of buildings in Thorpe Mandeville (Photographs). SNN113592.

<3> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 7/227 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<4> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F02 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<5> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 613-4 & figure (Book). SNN111989.

<6> Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBApix, RIBA94252 & RIBA30782 (Website). SNN115479.

<7> The British Architect, XLIX, 1898, p. 344 & 346 (Journal). SNN115480.

<8> The Builder, LXXV, 1899, p. 349 (Journal). SNN108636.

<9> Builder's Journal & Architectural Record, VII, 1898, p. 396 (Journal). SNN115481.

Record last edited

Sep 25 2023 12:24PM