Drayton House

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Drayton House
Drayton House, south-east front-geograph.org.uk-2484619.jpg
Drayton House from south-east
General information
Address Drayton Park
Town or city Lowick, Northamptonshire
Country England
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Construction started 1300
Owner Stopford-Sackville family
Designations Grade I listed building
Website
http://www.draytonestate.com

Drayton House is a country house 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of the village of Lowick, Northamptonshire, England.[1]

History

Aubrey de Vere I gave distinguished service at the Battle of Hastings, and was awarded land near Northampton to build a manor house. In the early thirteenth century, Sir Walter de Vere dropped the “de Vere” family name, and assumed the surname “Drayton”.[2]

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Drayton House in Northamptonshire, England from Jones's Views of the Seats of Nobleman and Gentlemen (1829)

The core of the house was built by Sir Simon de Drayton around 1300 and still survives. He received his licence to crenellate in 1328. There have been changes to the house in each century since, including works recorded by Isaac Rowe, John Webb, William Talman, Gerard Lanscroon, William Rhodes, Alexander Roos, George Devey and John Alfred Gotch. However, the house is important for the transformation it underwent during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. There is a unique spiral cantilever oak staircase dating from around 1680 and an embroidered State Bed from 1700.

In 1770 the house passed to the Sackville family. Two rooms were redecorated in the Adam style. The house today still preserves its medieval origins and the changes in the Baroque period, and is still a family home. It is built of squared coursed limestone and limestone ashlar with lead and Collyweston stone slate roofs, and sits in large grounds known as Drayton Park.

Principal owners of the house

Main rooms

  • Late thirteenth century solar undercroft.
  • Medieval Great Hall remodelled early in the eighteenth century by William Talman and decorated by Alexander Roos c.1850 to simulate marble.
  • Dining room (originally the medieval buttery and pantry). Remodelled c.1771/74 by William Rhodes possibly to design by William Chambers.
  • The Green Drawing Room remodelled c.1773 by W. Rhodes
  • The Blue Drawing Room, with decoration by John Webb.
  • The State Bedroom remodelled c.1653 by John Webb. This room has a Priest hole above it.
  • Lacquer closet off State Bedroom with panels of Chinese Coromandel screens.
  • The chapel
  • The Kings Dining Room (originally the medieval solar)
  • The library (originally the long gallery).

References

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  1. Nikolaus Pevsner. Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.189
  2. Magnolia Plantation and Gardens By Derek Fell. Giibs Smith. 2009
  3. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2. Sir Bernard Burke, 1863