Apethorpe Hall, Apethorpe, Northamptonshire. Historic Buildings Report. Apethorpe Hall: Record of Areas Opened up Prior to Phase 1 Repairs.

Author(s): K Morrison

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Apethorpe Hall is a grade 1 listed country house which has stood empty since the early 1980s. Following the issue of several urgent works notices, the house was subject to a Compulsory Purchase Order in 2004. It was handed over, by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), to English Heritage, which has assumed responsibility for instituting a phased programme of repairs and, ultimately, securing a viable future for the property. Preliminary work undertaken in 2005-06 concentrated on assessing the condition of the property prior to designing and instituting Phase 1 of the repairs programme. This resulted in the opening up of certain areas, revealing important architectural features. The purpose of this report is to record the features uncovered in 2005-06, prior to the repairs programme, which is due to begin in March 2006. Throughout the report, individually numbered features are located by reference to room numbers allocated by English Heritage. An interpretative ‘interim’ report, being prepared by the English Heritage Apethorpe Hall Research Project Team, will form a separate document. This will interpret the uncovered features and place them in a broader context.

Report Number:
30/2006
Series:
Research Department Reports
Pages:
42

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