Monument record 3980/5/1 - Possible Medieval/Post Medieval Manor House Site

{1} Traces of a building platform are likely to be site of the earlier manor house.

{2} The capital messuage is first mentioned in 1262, when there was also a curtilage. In 1607 the capital messuage is described in detail, the number of bays of building of each structure being given, and was accompanied by a curtilage and garden. However in 1701 reference is made to the buildings and dovehouse belonging to the mansion house, 'decayed part of the manor' with garden, orchard, fishponds and a close called Nozells (presumably Nose Hill of 1866). By this time the main manor and the Rectory manor had been combined in the ownership of the Hill family and it would not therefore be surprising if one of the capital messuages had by then been demolished.
While the northern part of the presumed manor site has probably been largely or wholly destroyed by intensive late 19th and 20th century burial resulting from the southward extension to the churchyard, the southern part of the site lies beneath the bowling green and the adjacent parkland. Although the bowling green has been terraced into the slight slope at the north west part of the site, the rest of the site is likely to survive in undisturbed. Any development or other earthmoving in this area should be subject to evaluation to determine if there is evidence of Saxon occupation or of Saxon or medieval manorial activity in this area.
For further details including location of manor house see section 3 in main report.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP88SW6 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Foard G, 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Rothwell (Medieval and Post Medieval), (checked) (Digital archive). SNN100514.

Record last edited

Apr 17 2008 3:48PM