Triangular Lodge, Rushton
The last time I attempted to visit this strange building it was closed. But on this occasion I was more successful. It is owned by English Heritage.
This rather odd triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597. Like Lyveden New Bield, 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.
Triangular Lodge, Rushton
The last time I attempted to visit this strange building it was closed. But on this occasion I was more successful. It is owned by English Heritage.
This rather odd triangular building was designed by Sir Thomas Tresham (father of one of the Gunpowder Plotters) and constructed between 1593 and 1597. Like Lyveden New Bield, 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.