#rushton triangular lodge

[careerinruins]

Rushton Triangular Lodge is a delightful triangular building in Northamptonshire, where three is the magic number. Designed by Sir Thomas Tresham and built in the late 1590’s.

It is a testament to Tresham’s Roman Catholicism: the number three, symbolising the Holy Trinity, is apparent everywhere. There are three floors, trefoil windows and three triangular gables on each side.

On the entrance front is the inscription ‘Tres Testimonium Dant’ (‘there are three that give witness’) a Biblical quote from St John’s Gospel referring to the Trinity. It is also a pun on Tresham’s name; his wife Muriel (née Throckmorton) used to call him ‘Good Tres’ in her letters.

Francis Tresham (Robert & Muriel’s eldest son) was one of the Gunpowder Plotters. It is owned and managed by English Heritage.

[brookie9001]

Rushton Triangular Lodge, Northamptonshire

[xwidep]

Rushton Triangular Lodge, Rushton, Northamptonshire, England. Another historic site I used to manage.

This delightful triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597. It is a testament to Tresham’s Roman Catholicism: the number three, symbolising the Holy Trinity, is apparent everywhere. There are three floors, trefoil windows and three triangular gables on each side.On the entrance front is the inscription ‘Tres Testimonium Dant’ (‘there are three that give witness’), a Biblical quotation from St John’s Gospel referring to the Trinity. It is also a pun on Tresham’s name; his wife called him ‘Good Tres’ in her letters. It was used as a Warrener's House (keeper of rabbits). It is open to the public and managed by English Heritage.

[xwidep]

Rushton Triangular Lodge, Rushton, Northamptonshire, England by X-Wide P