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Monument Types

• MANOR HOUSE (Late C16th, Early Post-medieval to Modern - 1567 AD to 2050 AD)

Summary

Late C16th brick and stone house. Charles I is reported to have lodged here on the eve of the Battle of Naseby.

Additional Information

Listed building description:
House, fragment of a large H-plan house. Late C16 with early C18 alterations, reduced c.1774, C20 alterations. Ironstone and brick. Slate roof with two brick gable stacks. South front: 2 storeys, 5 bays. Originally brick, refaced in stone, early C18. Chamfered plinth. Blank centre, flanked by two pairs of cross windows. Above, between floors, a single cross window with above, to left and right, another two pairs of cross windows. All windows C20 with stone sills and and wooden lintels. West gable end wall has a blocked 4-light stone mullioned window with ovolo-moulded mullions and hood mould, probably late C16. Interior: three chamfered main beams with run-out stops. Charles I is reported to have lodged here on the eve of the Battle of Naseby.

The manor-house was an ancient and large building, chiefly of stone, the south front only being more modern and built of brick. This latter part is now standing; but the rest of the house was pulled down, and the materials sold, about the year 1774... In its perfect state the South front contained a large kitchen, a dairy and pantry with a staircase in the centre. Behind these was a large cold hall,… Adjoining the hall was a rom about 16 or 18 feet square, …a very large parlour occupied nearly the whole North wing. A small parlour only adjoined to the East end of it… The bird’s-eye sketch of the hall, represents a South-west view of it, drawn some years ago from memory soon after it was taken down (J. Nichols II, 11 699 and illus opp 701).

Early in the 18th century the south front of the wing was rebuilt in ironstone and, after the of the house had been demolished, additions were made on its north side (V.C.H., V, 220).

The manor house was… "rebuilt, possibly in the late C16th, as a two-storey building, H-shaped in plan, of which only the south wing survives. The rest was demolished in 1774 after falling into disrepair. The remaining part was extensively refurbished in the late C20th. The Old Hall is famous for being the place where Charles I slept before the decisive Battle of Naseby in 1645. His chair can still be found in All Saints Church." <1>

<1> Lubenham Heritage Group, 2008, Lubenham Heritage Trail (Leaflet). SLE3227.

Sources

Associated Finds

None recorded

Designations

• Listed Building (II) 1360740: OLD HALL
• Scheduled Monument 1012566: OLD HALL MOATED SITE

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