Castle Ashby, House 1953
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C224014
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We now move away from boot and shoe country into the south of Northamptonshire close to the border with Buckinghamshire. Here, at the centre of what is still one of Northamptonshire's largest estates, a vast Elizabethan mansion replaces a ruined castle. Its construction was started in 1574 by the Comptons, who later became earls of Northampton, and the great courtyard house was completed in the earlier 17th century. It is famous for its unusual 1624 balustrade with, instead of balusters, letters forming a quotation from Psalm 127.
An extract from Northamptonshire Living Memories.
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