Monument record 4032/0/2 - No. 18 Brook Road

{1} A small two light trefoil headed window appears in the gable wall of No. 18 Brook Road. It is deep set into the wall under a timber lintel and does not appear to be in its original position. It is claimed that the window was brought to Great Oakley from the ruins of the Cistercian Abbey at Pipewell. Whereas this is by no means improbable, there is no reason why this window could not be domestic in origin and belong in the village of Great Oakley. Bridges records a very old structure 'now gone to decay' near the church, and between the church and the manor another ruinous building called 'the chapel' and notes that there were here none of the usual signs of religious use. It seems more probable that the window orginally came from one of these properties.

<1> Woodfield P., 1981, The Larger Medieval Houses of Northamptonshire, 16/169 (checked) (Article). SNN23550.

<2> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.327 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77326.

<3> RCHME, 1992, National Archaeological Record Recording Form, (checked) (Recording Form (Not SMR)). SNN39538.

Record last edited

Jun 15 2017 12:38PM