Building record 707/0/20 - The Laurels

Farmhouse. Early C18. Limestone ashlar with ironstone dressings, slate roof, stone end stacks with paired square chimneys.

{1} Farmhouse. Early C18. Limestone ashlar with ironstone dressings, slate roof, stone end stacks with paired square chimneys. T-plan. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. Central 4-panel door with overlight in moulded wood surround with moulded eaved stone surround with keyblock and broken pediment framing horizontal oval panel topped by small ball finial. 3-light casements windows either side of door with flat-arched heads and keyblocks, moulded stone sills and jambs, and 2-light casements with moulded stone sills and surrounds with keyblocks to first floor. Chamfered plinth and quoins, moulded string course, moulded stone eaves, central roof dormer and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Similar 1-light windows to right side elevation and similar windows in wing to rear. Interior has stop-chamfered spine beams, open fireplace in kitchen with stop-chamfered bressumer and bread oven, dog-leg staircase from ground floor to attic with turned balusters, bolection moulded wood chimneypiece in upper room and stone cellar. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.442).

{3} Doorway with steep open pediment and an oval in it with the date 1700.

{4} Undated photo, also photo dated 26.11.1993;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/95 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F07 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 636 (Book). SNN111989.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Wappenham (Photographs). SNN114134.

<5> Historic England, Undated, THE LAURELS, 31 HIGH STREET, WAPPENHAM, BF085090 (Archive). SNN115890.

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Jan 18 2024 4:26PM