Building record 2461/0/8 - Boughton Wood Lodge

Boughton Wood lodge - Built as a Gamekeeper's residence in the early 18th century close to the southern fringe of Boughton Wood. It is included within the boundaries of Grade I Registered Park and Garden at Boughton House in Northamptonshire. The Lodge building, unlisted as a distinct edifice, is significantly altered from its original state with modern extensions and later ancillary buildings within its immediate setting.

{1} Boughton Wood lodge, unlisted as a distinct edifice, is significantly altered from its original state with modern extensions and later anciliary buildings within its immediate settings. It replaced an earlier version shown on estate maps in the 1710s, and is thought that Boughton Wood lodge was constructed in the late 1720s or early 1730s as a relatively unadorned edifice to house the Boughton Gamekeeper. The buidling is made from limestone and brick structure. Currently, the Lodge is no longer in its function as a Gamekeeper's residence due to there being no shoot at Boughton.

{2} In March 2022, Cotswold Archaeology undertook a Level 2 Historic Building Recording of Boughton Wood Lodge. The Lodge is a Non-Designated Heritage Asset, which has historically been associated with the Grade I Listed Boughton House c.1.6km to the south-west, and within the Grade I Listed Boughton House Registered Park and Garden, where it occupies a position at the edge of one of its woodlands. The Lodge is believed to have been constructed c.1730-1734, as historic mapping indicated. The original core of the Building was constructed in a local vernacular style, as part of the wider design of the Grade I Listed Registered Park and Garden. It utilised limestone rubble masonry, with later single storey extensions likely dating to the Victorian period, made of red brickwork. Several ancillary buildings exist within the Site, which are of a relatively modern origin, and relate to its continued use as a gamekeeper’s lodge.

<1> Lucy Denton, 2020, Boughton Wood Lodge: Heritage Statement (Report). SNN115759.

<2> Mathieu Ferron, 2022, Boughton Wood Lodge Geddington, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Recording (Level 2) (Report). SNN117080.

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May 12 2026 12:33PM