Building record 662/0/7 - The Old Reading Room, The Green

An ironstone house of 1682

{1} House. Dated 1682, renovated C20. Coursed squared limestone, old plain-tile roof, stone end stacks. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 2-window range. Entrance front has C20 door to left with stone lintel, keyblock and hood mould. Small window to left of door with chamfered stone surround. 3-light chamfered stone mullion windows to ground and first floors with hood moulds. C20 extensions to left end. Stone-coped gable with kneelers to right. Right gable end faces street and has 4-light chamfered stone mullion window with hood mould to ground floor, a similar 3-light window to first floor, similar 2-light window to attic and datestone above inscribed IKH/1682. C20 additions to left gable end. Interior has stone bolection-moulded corner fireplace. Until recently used as parish rooms.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 14/17 (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.75 (checked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Abthorpe (Photographs). SNN111844.

<5> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 75 (Book). SNN111989.

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Jan 31 2025 10:02AM