Building record 244/0/35 - The Elms, Lime Avenue

House. C17/C18 with early C19 facade. Was the Rectory until the mid-19th century

{1} House. C17/C18 with early C19 facade. Ironstone ashlar and squared coursed stone, slate and tile roofs, brick stacks. T-plan. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Central doorway has plain stone jambs, half-glazed door with overlight and porch with stone jambs and timber pediment. Tri-partite sash windows with stone mullions and plain stone frames on either side. Similar windows in outer bays on first floor and in attic. Plain sash window to centre of first floor and attic. Double gabled wing at rear, of C17/C18, altered C19, has casement windows with wood lintels and coped gable end with kneelers. Interior not inspected. Was the Rectory until the mid C19. (Described in S.J. Tyrell "A Countryman's Tale" London, 1973).

{4} Photographs and architectural plans of the house in 1991;

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/85 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F03 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Tyrell, S J., 1974, A Countryman's Tale, (unchecked) (Extract). SNN104676.

<4> Rodney Melville & Partners, 1991, The Elms, Lime Avenue, Eydon March 1991 (Notes). SNN111173.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Eydon (Photographs). SNN111701.

Record last edited

Oct 16 2019 12:22PM