Building record 6132/0/5 - The Gables

{1} House. Late C17. Coursed limestone and ironstone rubble, slate roof, brick and stone stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. C20 doorway in second bay from left with wood lintel and glazed door. C17 two-light stone mullioned window to left; blocked window with C20 lintel to right. C18/C19 three-light window with wood lintel and iron casements in right bay. C17 windows on first floor have square hoods and stone mullions; 3 lights in right bay, 2 lights in left and centre bays. Right side has C17 three-light stone mullioned window with square hood on ground floor, 2 similar 2-light windows on first floor and 2 one-light windows in attic with continuous square hood. Coped gable end with kneelers. Projecting wing to left, late C17, similar materials. 2 storeys and attic, 2 bays. C20 windows on ground floor with C17 stone hoods. C17 stone mullioned 2- and 3-light windows on first floor. Coped gable end with kneelers. Interior not inspected. (R.B. Wood-Jones, Traditional Domestic Architecture in the Banbury Region, 1963, p.212-3, plan and elevation)

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 12/172 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F02 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Middleton Cheney (Photographs). SNN112889.

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