Monument record 5110/0/2 - West Lodge or Great Lodge, Moulton Park House

One of two lodges associated with Moulton Park. Both were in existence by 1397 and survived until about 1861 when they pulled down. Thought to lay in the area now occupied by the buildings of Nene College, fomerly Moulton Park House

{1} Documentary reference to West Lodge in Moulton Deer Park; it was in existence by 1397 and pulled down c.1861; it lay in the area now occupied by buildings of Nene College, formerly Moulton Park House; SP76306433;

{2} T.C. Welsh describes a series of earthworks which may be the site of the original Moulton Park House until it was demolished. Centred on SP7650 6426.

{3} T.Welsh identifies that the Lodge was probably located at SP76376425. The present ha-ha and other features may indicate the site of a moat.

{4} A report and sketch plan dated 6th May 2002 develops a previous report on this site 24th August 1994. It combines landscape interpretation and documentary research to locate the mansion known as the Great or West Lodge or Moulton Park House, and to show how the same site might have served as the location of the earlier park keeper’s lodge. It identifies the site of the house, possibly an Elizabethan foundation, demolished in 1861, and an enclosure containing it both within and south of the park boundary. The present ha-ha and other features may indicate the site of a moat.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.319/Site 2 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<2> Welsh T.C., 1994, Moulton Park, (checked) (Notes). SNN60140.

<3> Welsh T.C., 2002, SMR Report Form, (part checked) (Notes). SNN102087.

<4> Welsh T.C., 2002, Great West Lodge, Moulton Park, Northampton, (part checked) (Notes). SNN102088.

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Jan 15 2019 9:52AM