Listed Building: East Northamptonshire District Council Stores, Cleansing Department and Document Store (1226971)

Workhouse, now Local Authority offices and stores. C.1836 by W.J. Donthorne. Squared coursed limestone, with ashlar facades and dressings, and slate roofs. Originally four 3-sided courtyards. 2 storeys. Main front of 13 bays. Centre and end bays break forward as cross wings forming sides of 2 courtyards. Centre cross wing has gabled end with 7-light stone-mullion window at first floor, with arch-head lights and transoms. Similar pair of 2-light windows at ground floor. Chamfered and corbelled corners and ashlar gable parapet with octagonal finial. Return wall has stone-mullion windows and lateral stack with octagonal flues. 5-window ranges, flanking either side, of 2-light stone-mullion windows with transoms at ground floor and gablets over at first floor. Return walls of flanking cross wings are similar 3-window ranges. Right cross wing has C20 lean-to extension. Rear elevations of main range are each of 5-window ranges. Central rear wing attached at right angles of 6-window range. Various casements, at first floor, under scored stone lintels with keyblocks. Various C20 openings at ground floor. Intersection of main cross wings is octagonal and has 2 doorways, to rear elevation, with 4-centred arch-heads; giving access to through-passage between courtyards. Interior: central staircase with stick balustrade. Masters office, to front of central cross wing, has C19 fireplace and panelled window reveals. First floor hall of main cross wing has arch-head stone surrounds to windows. The third side of the 2 rear courtyards was demolished about 1900. W.J. Donthorne was also architect for No. 78 (The Old Rectory), High Street (q.v.).

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Apr 4 2022 2:48PM