Montagu Hospital is a Grade II* listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Almshouse.
Montagu Hospital
- WRENN ID
- last-glass-thistle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Almshouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
WEEKLEY SP8880 Montagu Hospital 1337-0/15/357 25/10/51 (Formerly Listed as: WEEKLEY The Old Almshouse) GV II* Almshouse, now house. Dated 1611. Limestone ashlar, with Collyweston stone slate roof, coped gablet and moulded stone end stacks. 2 storeys. 4-window range. Symmetrically disposed. Central Tudor-headed entrance, beneath classical entablature, breaking forward on brackets at either end to carry ornate obelisks. Frieze inscribed "WHAT.THOU.DOEST.DO.YT.IN.FAYTH". Wide- boarded studded door, on strap hinges. Above the doorway is the Montagu arms in a scrolly cartouche decorated with strapwork, above this a painted sundial dated 1631 which incorporates the carved date of 1611, and crowning the centrepiece is an elaborate curved gable with kneelers and obelisk finials, and a central circular blind panel. Casement-moulded string course above the ground floor windows. First floor recessed, above a chamfered set- off. Ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned windows with rectangular-leaded casements, a 2-light and a 4-light on each floor to each side of the centrepiece. Sundial to south gable end. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SP8880280918
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