Description

BADBY A361 SP56SE (West side) 4/3 Badby House (Our Lady of the 18/01/68 Passion Monastery) (Formerly listed as Badby House) - II House Built 1826 for Charles William Watkins. Rendered brick, sandstone dressings, hipped slate roof, rendered brick internal chimneys. 2 storeys. 3-window entrance front has double-leaf part-glazed door within single-storey portico in antis with two unfluted Greek Doric columns, approached by 3 moulded steps, columns and plain entablature of stone. Portico is in recessed central bay. C20 windows. Lower 2-storey service wing to right extended at right angles to provide link with the large C20 addition housing chapel which is not of special architectural importance. 5-window garden front to left side has recessed 3-window centre with central part-glazed garden door. Outer bays have tripartite windows, stone plinth, window sills and storey band. Rear elevation has lead rainwater heads inscribed WW/1826. Interior: inner staircase hall has stone floor and stone cantilever staircase with cast-iron balustrade and wreathed and ramped hand rail. The Drawing Room has a chimney piece of white and coloured marble with steel and brass grate, probably late C18. (Buildings of England: Northants, p.100).

Listing NGR: SP5613661059

External Links

• Wikidata Q26338269

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas