Building record 939/0/9 - The Old Rectory and attached wall and stable block, off School Lane

House, formerly rectory. 1816 by William Chadwell Mylne, altered C20. Stucco over stone, slate mansard roof, rendered internal stacks. To the right is the two-storey coach house built at the same time.

{1} House, formerly rectory. 1816 by William Chadwell Mylne, altered C20. Stucco over stone, slate mansard roof, rendered internal stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Semi-circular porch to right with curved 4-panel double-leaf doors and moulded cornice. Semi-circular 2-window bay window to left with 12-pane sash windows and moulded cornice. 12-pane sashes to first floor and roof dormer. Left side elevation to garden has similar windows and 2-storey, 2-window bay window. Attached stone-coped wall to right of front elevation of coursed squared ironstone approximately 2.5 metres high encloses stable yard. Double-leaf timber gates to yard and 2-storey attached stable block of coursed squared ironstone with hipped slate roof to far right; stable doors and sash windows with flat-arched heads.

{3} Two undated photos, also two photos dated 15.12.1993;

{4} A level 2 building recording survey was undertaken of the Coach House prior to proposed alterations. The Coach House is a two-storey rectangular building of early 19th century date, constructed of coursed, squared ironstone with a hipped slate roof with broad overhanging eaves and a single brick chimneystack at the N end of the range, formerly comprising a trap house and stables at ground floor level with service rooms and possibly servants’ lodgings on the upper floor. The Rector’s trap house has now been converted into a laundry room while the former stables are used for storage; the upper floor was refurbished as guest accommodation in the mid-1970s. The Coach House is situated at the S end of a range of outbuildings occupying a walled courtyard to the rear of The Old Rectory, a substantial residence built in 1816.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1+9/69 (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.

<4> Priestley, S, 2021, Archaeological Standing Building Recording: The Old Rectory, 2 School Lane, Harpole, Northamptonshire NN7 4DR, August 2021 (Report). SNN112759.

<5> Crank, N. (Editor), 2023, South Midlands Archaeology (53), P. 54 (Journal). SNN116414.

<6> Border Archaeology, 2024, Images from Historic Building Recording Work at the Coach House, School Lane, Harpole, Northamptonshire, June 2021, https://doi.org/10.5284/1119003 (Digital archive). SNN116597.

Record last edited

Mar 20 2025 4:22PM