Description

RABY WITH KEVERSTONE B 6279
NZ 02 SE
(North side, off)
8/80 The Old Lodge
14/9/66
II*

Defensible house. Probably late medieval for Neville family of Raby Castle.
Late C19 porches. Coursed pinkish coarse sandstone rubble with quoins,
boulder plinth and ashlar dressings; main roof not visible; stone-flagged
roof on extension, with gable coping. L-plan. 3 storeys, 2 wide bays, with
left set-back one-storey, one-bay extension, and rear porch. South elevation:
partly-glazed door to right of centre in chamfered irregular-block surround;
flanking inserted paired windows have lattice leading; similar C20 glazing
to irregular fenestration, with 2 rectangular lights in chamfered surrounds
on each upper floor. Embattled parapet, on concave-moulded string, has
corbelled machicolation over door, and octagonal stone chimney at centre of
left bay. Left extension has filleted boarded door in inner return of porch
breaking forward at left, and paired C19 sashes at right. Left return of
main block has part plinth, butt join and diagonal mark suggesting former
external stone stair of which lower part projected from gable; hollow-
chamfered window above. Left return of extension has boulder plinth except
to porch; gable has chamfered coping, raised at apex. Right return of main
block has one window on each upper floor. Rear has blocked 2-light ground-
floor window opposite door; small light at left on first floor; blocked second-
floor light; corbelled chimney to left of centre on second floor. Rear wing
has 3 inserted windows; embattled porch in inner return with stop-chamfered
low-2-centred-arched surround to studded door.

Interior reported by occupant to have 10 ft. wide, 6 ft. deep stone-arched
ground-floor fire; 2-storey upper floor with gallery.

Listing NGR: NZ0901922183

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536949

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5