Listed Building: No. 12 (The Shambles) (1191575)

House. Probably mid/late C18 altered early C19. Squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. L-shape plan. Single storey with attic. Elevation abutting road is a 2-window range of C19 unhorned sash windows, with glazing bars, under stone lintels with keyblocks. Pair of hipped eaves dormers, to attic, have C19 casement windows. Chamfered plinth. Brick stacks at ends. Elevation to right has 3 hipped roof dormers similar to front elevation but with one C20 window to centre. C19 tripartit sash window, with glazing bars, under wood lintel to ground floor left. Other ground floor windows are C19 style casements under wood lintels. Part-glazed door, to far left, and 2 C20 porches to left and right of centre. Brick stacks at ridge and end. Interior: staircase rises between walls, two 6-panel doors in entrance hall. Room to left of entrance has early C19 fireplace and cupboard with domed back and curved shelves. Room to far right has C19 cast iron range. Room to left of entrance, butting the road, was probably rebuilt early C19. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire, p29)

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Sep 7 2023 2:07PM