Building record 939/0/24 - No.8 (Swan House), Park Lane

House. Late C17, altered C20.

{1} House. Late C17, altered C20. Coursed squared ironstone, thatch roof, brick ridge and end stacks. 3-unit lobby-entry plan. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. C20 part-glazed door to left of centre with side-light and wood lintel, double-leaf garden door to left and C20 part-glazed door in C20 gabled porch to right of centre. Irregular glazing of 1- and 2-light casement windows, 2 original 2-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows to first floor right of centre; stone surrounds of others surv able end has 3-light part-blocked ovolo-moulded stone mullion window to ground floor with hood mould, similar window to first floor, similar 2-light window to attic floor and hollow-chamfered string courses at attic floor level and above attic window. Chamfered plinth to gable end, quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Late C19 or early C20 lean-to extension to rear. Interior: ogee-stop-chamfered spine beams and open fireplace with ogee-stop-chamfered bressumer. Stone corner moulded Tudor-arched head. Stone cellar. Formerly a public house, the Swan.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 9/68 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F09 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Harpole (Photographs). SNN112523.

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Mar 20 2025 4:21PM