Building record 600/3/4 - Possible remains of Canons Ashby priory gatehouse

A fragment of arch, five courses high, is incorporated into the boundary wall of Home Paddock bordering the main road through the village, opposite the church.

{1} On the north side both the earthworks and surviving boundaries correspond closely with the fragment of upstanding masonry and excavated evidence for the north gate of the priory recorded by Dryden {2}.

{3} The site of the presumed north gate is known from excavation in the 19th century and surviving architectural fragment. The fragment of arch stands five courses high and is just beginning to spring. It has survived by being incorporated into the boundary wall of Home Paddock which runs along beside the main road. The adjoining stretch of boundary wall on the southern side has been recently re-built

<1> FOARD G.R., 1982, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire: An Archaeological Report, 1982 (Typescript Report). SNN45382.

<2> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection, D(CA)468/11, 464/2 (Archive). SNN115.

<3> Beamish, H.J.H., 1987, Earthworks at Canons Ashby (Typescript Report). SNN77339.

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