Building record 727/0/73 - No.23 Park Street

{1} House. C17, re-fronted and remodelled c.1840. Ironstone ashlar, slate roof, brick end stacks on stone bases. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central 4-panel part-glazed door with fanlight recessed in round-arched stone doorway flanked by Doric pilasters supporting pediment. Tripartite sash windows to ground floor left and right with stone lintels and keyblocks. 12-pane sashes to first floor with stone lintels and keyblocks. Central bay breaks forward and has pediment. Plinth, m . aves and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Right gable end of coursed squared limestone banded with ironstone. Interior: brick-vaulted stone cellar; re-used C17 barleysugar twist balusters to stair-rail.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/148 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F08 p.69 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

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

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Nov 30 2022 2:19PM