SNN57594 - An Archaeological Watching Brief at The Dower House, Fawsley, Northamptonshire, Aug-Oct 1990

The ruins of the so-called Dower House, Fawsley comprise the oldest standing brick construction in Northamptonshire, built initially in the C16th as a lodge. Soon afterwards it was enalrged by the addition of a stone central section and a crosswing to form a small house of H-shaped plan. The building seems to have become ruinous in the C18th. During the C20th its condition has worsened and in 1990 remedial work involved consolidation of the tall, brick stair turret which dominates the west side of the original lodge. Modern underpinning to improve its stability necessitated the excavation of trenches at either side of the former foundations.