South Lodge and Attached Railing, Gatepier and Gate

SOUTH LODGE AND ATTACHED RAILING, GATEPIER AND GATE, CASTLE ASHBY PARK

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1294041
Date first listed:
06-Sept-1988
List Entry Name:
South Lodge and Attached Railing, Gatepier and Gate
Statutory Address:
SOUTH LODGE AND ATTACHED RAILING, GATEPIER AND GATE, CASTLE ASHBY PARK
The South Lodge seen on the walk back to the Tea Room at Castle Ashby Gardens, August 2025.
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1294041
Date first listed:
06-Sept-1988
List Entry Name:
South Lodge and Attached Railing, Gatepier and Gate
Statutory Address 1:
SOUTH LODGE AND ATTACHED RAILING, GATEPIER AND GATE, CASTLE ASHBY PARK

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
SOUTH LODGE AND ATTACHED RAILING, GATEPIER AND GATE, CASTLE ASHBY PARK

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Castle Ashby
National Grid Reference:
SP 86215 58920

Details

CASTLE ASHBY CASTLE ASHBY PARK SP85NE 6/48 No.11 (South Lodge) and attached railing, gatepiers and gate

GV II

Lodge. c.1800 extended mid C19. Limestone ashlar, pyramidal slate roof, stone lateral stacks. 2-unit plan. 2-storey, 3-window range. Main front faces drive and has central panelled door in shallow porch with slender Tuscan columns and entablature. 2-light casement windows to ground floor left and right with segmental-arched head. Pointed arch-shaped windows to 1st floor with 2-light casement windows. Plinth, pilaster strips to angles and defining bays, sill bands and overhanging bracketed eaves. Large mid C19 Italianate-style extension to rear. Also known as the Gardener's Cottage. Attached railing extends from left corner of lodge to gate and gatepiers, with similar railing to other side of gate. Wrought-iron railings with ornamented cresting and standards or low stone-coped walls. Plain limestone ashlar gatepiers with moulded cornice and ball finials; modern 5-bar timber gate. Interior: contains a fine mid C18 fireplace almost certainly from Easton Maudit House.

Listing NGR: SP8621558920

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
235447
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 30 Northamptonshire,

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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