Walls, Gatepier and Attached Banqueting House and Balustrade Approximately 80 Metres East of Drayton House is a Grade II* listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. A C17 Banqueting house.
Walls, Gatepier and Attached Banqueting House and Balustrade Approximately 80 Metres East of Drayton House
- WRENN ID
- under-flagstone-spindle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1967
- Type
- Banqueting house
- OS grid reference
- SP 963 801
- Coordinates
- 52.41086, -0.58497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure consists of walls, a gatepier, an attached banqueting house, and a balustrade, located approximately 80 meters east of Drayton House. This complex dates from the late 17th century and was commissioned by the second Earl of Peterborough, with some later alterations.
The walls are made of squared coursed limestone, and the gatepier is constructed from limestone ashlar. The banqueting house features squared coursed limestone with ashlar facades and a lead roof. It is a single-storey building with one window range. The tall fixed window has glazing bars and is framed by moulded stone architraves. The banqueting house also has rusticated quoins, a moulded cornice, and a plain ashlar parapet, with the roof not visible.
On the right elevation, there is a central doorway with moulded stone architraves, above which are the arms of the second Earl of Peterborough. Attached to the north of the banqueting house is a five-bay ashlar balustrade, which features three closed lead urns, likely crafted by Van Nost.
The banqueting house is part of a larger ensemble that includes walls, gatepiers, gates, and screens to the south and east of Drayton House, as well as a statue and cistern associated with the balustrade. The gardens surrounding these structures are included in the Historic England Register of Parks and Gardens at grade I.
Local climate
Walls, Gatepier and Attached Banqueting House and Balustrade Approximately 80 Metres East of Drayton House 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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