Porters Lodge and Attached Wall is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1988. A C19 Gatehouse. 1 related planning application.

Porters Lodge and Attached Wall

WRENN ID
watchful-nave-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1988
Type
Gatehouse
Address
Porters Lodge and Attached Wall, A43, Deenethorpe
OS grid reference
SP 953 918
Coordinates
52.51634, -0.59657
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Porters Lodge and the attached wall is a gatehouse built around 1841, likely designed by John Crake for the Brudenell family of Deene Hall. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features lead and slate roofs. The central gate arch has a four-centred arch head with decorated spandrels and is flanked by octagonal castellated turrets that have gargoyles at the corners. These turrets are three stages high and include arrow slits on alternating levels. A moulded string course separates the stages, and a castellated parapet between the turrets displays a large central armorial plaque topped with a weathervane.

To the left of the gate arch is the lodge house, which likely has a single unit plan that includes a scullery. This two-storey structure has a one-window range, featuring a four-light canted bay window on the ground floor with wooden mullions, arch-headed lights, and a castellated parapet. The first floor has a two-light window, also with arch-headed lights, and a gable above. A moulded string course runs between the floors, and the gable ends have ashlar parapets. There is an ashlar stack with octagonal flues at one end.

To the right of the lodge house is an arch-headed doorway that leads to a porch connecting to the gate arch. Above the parapet wall is a small pyramid roof, and there is a plaque with linked initials above the porch. A second archway provides access to the side of the porch. The gate arch features a pair of wooden gates with arched openwork decoration. A low wall attached to the right of the gate arch has tall octagonal piers and is part of the gatehouse layout, with a wall approximately one metre east of the Porters Lodge. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Porters Lodge and Attached Wall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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