Building record 4679/0/26 - No.3 High Street (Stoneacre)

House. Early-mid C17 extended C18. Coursed limestone rubble, banded with ironstone, thatch roof, brick ridge and end stacks.

{1} House. Early-mid C17 extended C18. Coursed limestone rubble, banded with ironstone, thatch roof, brick ridge and end stacks. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 4-window range. C20 door to right with wood lintel in C20 porch. 3-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows to ground, first and attic floors, all with hood moulds. Small 1-light leaded staircase windows to ground and 1st floor centre. Attic window in eyebrow dormer. Quoins, and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Left gable end facing street has 3-light stone mullion windows to ground and 1st floors, and similar 2-light attic window. 2-storey, 1-window extension to right, probably mid C18 with 3-light leaded casement window to ground floor, leaded fire window and 2-light leaded casement to 1st floor, all with wood lintels. 2-light chamfered stone mullion cellar window to left of centre. Chamfered plinth to gable end. Interior: ogee-stop-chamfered spine beams and some original ogee-stop-chamfered joists. Stone fireplace with moulded jambs and straight head, and similar corner fireplace upstairs. Winder stair. Collar truss roof and stone cellar.

{3} Blisworth contains many C17th and C18th houses, mostly of mingled freestone and ironstone with thatched or slated roofs, of which a prime example is Stoneacres.

{4} Undated photo, also photo dated 15.12.1993;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 10/16 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Ivens R.J., 2007, Archaeological Watching Brief at The Church of St John The Baptist, Blisworth, Northamptonshire, p.2 (checked) (Report). SNN105921.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Blisworth (Photographs). SNN112040.

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Sep 2 2020 12:12PM