tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post2225282040346801196..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Lamport, NorthamptonshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-79757537846180952272011-04-07T17:37:36.717+01:002011-04-07T17:37:36.717+01:00Vinogirl: I agree!Vinogirl: I agree!Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-75278886297662143832011-04-07T17:29:17.356+01:002011-04-07T17:29:17.356+01:00Now that's what you call a house! Lovely.Now that's what you call a house! Lovely.Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-84845051521079255062011-04-05T16:25:46.673+01:002011-04-05T16:25:46.673+01:00Peter: Some of the clergy I've met actually pr...Peter: Some of the clergy I've met actually prefer their small modern vicarages - easier to heat and so on. Mind you, some of them also like the Good News Bible, so I treat their words with a pinch of salt.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-82892579136892430302011-04-05T12:48:57.002+01:002011-04-05T12:48:57.002+01:00Oh that rectors still lived in rectories and vicar...Oh that rectors still lived in rectories and vicars in vicarages. All too often they suffer the indignity of being stuffed into an entirely inappropriate house or bungalow because their CofE masters want to do dodgy gambling deals on the stock market with the proceeds from sales.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-54091447369581417092011-04-05T08:39:59.650+01:002011-04-05T08:39:59.650+01:00Reggie: I've not seen the interior either, but...Reggie: I've not seen the interior either, but Pevsner reports a good staircase, panelled rooms downstairs, and fireplaces of red Derbyshire marble.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-696711195430850712011-04-05T00:13:34.463+01:002011-04-05T00:13:34.463+01:00Without seeing the interior I am still confident t...Without seeing the interior I am still confident that this Rectory is in move in condition. Perfection!Reggie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-15997801823334949602011-04-04T21:27:49.554+01:002011-04-04T21:27:49.554+01:00Devoted Classicist: Yes. Normally you'd expect...Devoted Classicist: Yes. Normally you'd expect to see a total of twelve panes in each window, three across the width, four up the height, in other words six in each sash, an arrangement known as 'six over six'. Sometimes there are other layouts (eg eight over eight). These four-over-four panes do indeed look too large.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-79010539272287496902011-04-04T20:28:44.468+01:002011-04-04T20:28:44.468+01:00What an absolutely beautifully proportioned house....What an absolutely beautifully proportioned house. But the original window sash would have had smaller panes, is that correct?The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-4750494868715787012011-04-04T18:31:45.056+01:002011-04-04T18:31:45.056+01:00Stephen: Many thanks for this interesting informat...Stephen: Many thanks for this interesting information. This was certainly a good period for rectories. (The church was locked when I visited recently, and there didn't seem to be any indication where one might find the key.)Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-66352067551261651462011-04-04T18:12:27.704+01:002011-04-04T18:12:27.704+01:00If only the Church of England and its clergy could...If only the Church of England and its clergy could build as well today.<br /><br />The Smiths also built a new chancel at Lamport church and a number of monuments for the Isham family which are in the church.<br /><br />The cost of the Rectory up to 1729 was £1,553 19s 5 1/2d not including the final bill for joinery. Apart from one room altered in 1818 the house is as built. The rectory incorporates stone and timber taken from the old manor house that had been demolished in nearby Hanging Houghton.<br /><br />From 1729 to 1903 all the rectors of Lamport were either Ishams or married to Ishams, so the house stayed in the family.<br /><br />For more on the Smith family see 'Smith of Warwick' by Andor Gomme. published in 2000.Stephen Barkernoreply@blogger.com