Building record 727/0/125 - Nos. 114 and 116 Watling Street East

{1} Pair of shops and dwellings. Late C18/early C19. No.114 of red brick in Flemish bond with some flared headers, No. 116 is rendered. Slate roofs, brick ridge stacks. One-unit plans. 3-storey, 2-window range. C19 shop fronts to ground floor, each with central door flanked by bays with moulded wood cornices carried over doors as hoods. Bay windows all have cellar window gratings. Each has central canted bay window to first floor. No. 114 has 8-pane sash window to attic floor with flat-arched head. No. 116 has tripartite sash window, with central sash replaced by C20 casement. Bracketed wood eaves to No. 116, brick dentilled eaves to No. 114. Interiors not inspected.

{3} Undated photo, also undated photo of No. 116, also photo dated 22.11.1999 showing these properties among others;

Giggins, B., 2005, Towcester's Industrial Archaeology (Leaflet). SNN107693.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/165 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F08 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Towcester (Photographs). SNN114425.

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Jan 4 2023 11:19AM