Building record 662/0/8 - Porterhouse, The Green

House. Dated 1760. Red brick Flemish bond, painted white, ridged tile roof, brick end stacks. L-plan. 2-storey, 2-window range to street.

{1} House. Dated 1760. Red brick Flemish bond, painted white, ridged tile roof, brick end stacks. L-plan. 2-storey, 2-window range to street. Main front to street has blocked door to left of centre. A shallow bay, former shop window, to left with straight hood on brackets. Window to right and those to first floor have C20 frames replacing sashes and flat-arched heads with stone keyblocks. Renewed datestone inscribed MP/1760 to first floor centre. Storey band and moulded brick eaves. Roof hipped to left. Wing to rear left has C20 door and similar windows, replacing sashes. Interior has ogee-stop-chamfered spine beams and fitted cupboard with round-arched head and shaped shelves.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 14/18 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Abthorpe (Photographs). SNN111844.

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Jan 31 2025 10:02AM