SNN108524 - Archaeological Building Assessment of Hellidon Grange, Hellidon, Northamptonshire March-April 2012

A building assessment recorded the exterior and interiors of this singular property, a former vicarage and school designed by the Architect William Butterfield, a leading light in the Ecclesiologist Movement. Begun in 1850 around the vestiges of an older vernacular building, the house was three times extended before it closed as a vicarage and school and was sold to a private owner in 1910. It has been in only three ownerships since, changing hands in 1918, 1966 and recently in 2012. Although the structure and form is demonstrably by Butterfield, much of the interior has been reordered, and material moved around. Many alterations and additions, notably between 1910 and 1935 were and remain incongruous, detracting from the Butterfield design. Throughout the structure has utilised quality materials, although many spaces have been underused since 1910, due to the immense size of the building. There has been little alteration to the building since at least 1966.