Building record 1624/0/52 - The Horseshoe Inn, High Street

Building probably originated in the 17th/18th century. Operating as a beer house from the mid-19th century

{1} Horseshoe Inn, High Street. Building shown as public house on map. The building is now 'Horseshoe Inn' a brick building which is still in use as a public house. The building has a protruding bay window on the ground floor. Film ? Photo 24.

{2} Record of inn prior to conversion into residential apartments. North-east part of the building has probable 17th or 18th century origins. Constructed of roughly coursed limstone it comprised three storeys and a cellar. Probably a shop at the begininng of the 19th century and part of a longer terrace extending to the north-west. At some time in the 19th century the building was extended to the south-west, including a brick façade which encased the front elevation of the earlier building. From at least 1854 the property was a beer house (and possibly also a bakehouse). From 1865 it was a licenced premises known as the Horseshoe Inn. Plans, elevations and photographs;

{4} Two undated photos;

<1> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN4.

<2> Wilson, M., 2018, The Horseshoe Inn, High Street, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Record (Report). SNN111080.

<3> Crank, N. (Editor), 2018, South Midlands Archaeology (48), p. 73-4 (Journal). SNN111393.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Irthlingborough (Photographs). SNN112812.

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Nov 24 2021 2:17PM