Building record 939/0/5 - No.30 (Elmhurst) High Street

Mid 18th-century house of coursed squared ironstone, reed thatch roof, brick end stacks

{1} House. Mid C18. Coursed squared ironstone, reed thatch roof, brick end stacks. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 2-window range. Central 4-panel part-glazed door in pegged wood surround with stop-chamfered wood lintel and gabled timber porch with trellis sides. Original 3-light leaded casement windows to ground and first floors with crown glass quarries and flat-arched heads to ground floor, wood lintels to first floor. Quoins, one central roof dormer with 2-light leaded casemen. Interior has stop-chamfered spine beams and collar-truss roof.

{3} Recording of a gable wall and chimney stack were undertaken prior to demolition;

{4} Two undated photos;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1/61 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Farley, S., 2013, Recording of Existing Gable End and Chimney Stack to be Demolished, (unchecked) (Note). SNN109394.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Harpole (Photographs). SNN112523.

Record last edited

Mar 20 2025 4:22PM