Building record 3382/0/6 - Holly Lodge, Boughton Road

Relationship with Boughton Hall Park not certain.

{1} House. c.1851. By Philadelpleus Jeyes assisted by architect A. Milne. Regular coursed lias with slate roof. Double-depth plan with courtyard adjacent to road. Garden front: 3 storeys; 3-window range of casements with glazing bars under flat arches. Central gabled porch has C19 ribbed double doors with moulded stone surround. Flanking stepped gables and large central stack. 2-storey, 4-window range to right has castellated parapet; 2-window range of slit windows to far right. Elevation to left has stepped gable with C19 tunnel vault conservatory attached. Elevation to road has central gate arch with pointed head flanked by tall castellated turrets. Flanking 2 storey wings have castellated parapets. Rear elevation formed into 3 sides of courtyard terminating with a tall square tower with a pyramid roof. Various plaques above main entrance, flanking gateway and on the tower have armorial detailing. Interior retains mid C19 features.

{2} House c. 1851. by Philadelpleus Jeyes assisted by architect A. Milne. Regular coursed lias with slate roof. Double-depth plan with courtyard adjacent to road. Garden front; 3 storeys; 3 window range of casements with glazing bars under flat arches. Central gabled porch has 19th century ribbed double doors with moulded stone surround. Flanking stepped gables and large central stack. 2-storey , 4 window range to right has castellated parapet; 2 window range of slit windows to far right. Elevation to left has stepped gable with 19th century tunnel vault conservatory attached. Elevation to road has central gate arch with pointed head flanked by tall castellated turrets. Flanking 2 storey wings have castellated parapets. Rear elevation formed into 3 sides of courtyard terminating with a tall square tower with a pyramid roof. Various plaques above main entrance, flanking gateway and on the tower have armorial detailing. Interior retains mid 19th century features.

{3} Holly Lodge an important Victorian house with impressive conservatory and ironwork gates as well as incorporating a folly. It is a Listed Building.

{4} Holly Lodge "a curious and delightful house with an implement gate and castellations everywhere, on the twin gables and on the outbuildings, all of undressed stone. Behind is a square clock tower with a Chinese-curved roof, and here also are two casellated round towers with an arch between, echoing a similar gate from the east end of the park.

{5} Holly Lodge was designed by Northampton-based architect Alexander Milne for Philadelphus Jeyes. It was built between 1857 and 1861 in a style sympathetic to the traditions of the 18th century structures elsewhere in Boughton Park. The frontage is an almost exact replica of the Spectacles which stands only 250 yards away from Holly Lodge, originally there were small difference of detail between the two. The walls to either side of Holly Lodge arch feature stone panels with carved cherubs. The Farm Implement Gates at the entrance to Holly Lodge were designed by Philadelphus Jeyes and may be unique; they include replicas of two hay forks, two sickles, a scythe, a rake, a shepherd's crook, a ditch cutter, a stable fork, a flail, a spade and a woodman's axe. They were erected in 1861.

{6} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 12/114 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G02 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> NORTHAMPTONSHIRE GARDENS TRUST, Correspondence From NGT, (unchecked) (Correspondence). SNN44217.

<4> Jones B., 1974, Follies and Grottoes, (unchecked) (Book). SNN56966.

<5> Scott S., 1995, The Follies of Boughton Park, p.66-67 (checked) (Book). SNN44220.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Moulton (Photographs). SNN112853.

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Jan 12 2022 10:37AM