Monument record 3005/0/9 - Park Lodges (Original Location)

{1} Lodge gates date to 1770-80.

{3} West and East Lodges (listed with gates grade II), single-storey and originally with a one-unit plan, were designed c 1780 by Robert Mitchell. They were moved in 1938 from the entrance on the Leicester Road. This entrance, commemorated in the name of Lodges Spinney, lay at the end of the looping, 2.5km long, north drive. No longer used, its line can still be traced. This approach was laid out c 1780.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.57 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> English Heritage, 1991, Register of Parks & Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England (1991, Northamptonshire), (checked) (Report). SNN1167.

<3> English Heritage, 1994, Register of Parks & Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England (1994, Northamptonshire), (part checked) (Report). SNN1324.

Record last edited

Apr 28 2008 9:26AM