History

The C17 wing has strong historical associations with Charles 1 who spent a night here in 1645 after the battle of Naseby.

Exterior

Complex building of several main building periods from C17 to early C20. The entrance block is 3 storeys 3 windows wide, brickwork of 2 periods, hipped tiled roof with wide eaves, tall brick stacks with stepped cornices (one mid-roof stack), stone wall footings. Modern 3-light window frames, top storey rising through eaves, lower storeys with cambered brick heads. Open timberwork porch under tiled hood.

Side elevation to north of 2 bays with return gablet through eaves to right, windows and dummies with freestone keyblocks. Timber studding to half-hipped rear gable. Lower C17 block of 2 storeys with cross wing to right, old brickwork with rectangular hood moulds in brick. Steep tiled roofs, central stack with brick stem, curved bargeboards, wide eaves. Modern 3 light casements to left, 2-light openings to right (blocked to gable and W side. Further extensions to south.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29487770

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)