Building record 667/9/1 - The Sycamores, Church Street

Farmhouse. Dated 1672. Coursed squared ironstone, old plain-tile roof, blue brick end stacks on stone bases.

{1} Farmhouse. Dated 1672. Coursed squared ironstone, old plain-tile roof, blue brick end stacks on stone bases. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 2-window range. Central C19 part-glazed door with coloured glass margin lights, moulded wood surround and timber lintel. Small rectangular windows with similar glazing and timber lintel to left. 4-light window with tall ovolo-moulded stone mullions to ground floor left and right with hood moulds. Similar smaller windows to first floor and gabled dormers with 3-light hollow-chamfered stone mullion windows with hood moulds. Stone above left dormer window inscribed MR, another above right dormer window inscribed 1672. Quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Lower C19 2-storey, 2-window wing to left. Interior has chamfered spine beams, one room with fielded panelling, another with open fireplace with cambered chamfered bressumer. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1973, p.107).

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 10/36 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.107 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Blakesley (Photographs). SNN112037.

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Oct 19 2022 3:32PM