Building record 662/6/1 - Spring Meadow, The Green

House, formerly farmhouse. Dated 1681. Coursed limestone and ironstone rubble, corrugated asbestos roof, brick end stacks.

{1} House, formerly farmhouse. Dated 1681. Coursed limestone and ironstone rubble, corrugated asbestos roof, brick end stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic; 2-window range. Central 6-panel part-glazed door in moulded wood surround with timber lintel and segmental iron hood on iron brackets. Datestone above inscribed IZP/1681. Old 3-light casements to ground and first floors with timber lintels. Ironstone quoins, and stone-coped gables with kneelers. Wing to rear right has 6-pane horned sash windows with brick jambs and stone-coped gable with kneelers. Interior has chamfered spine beams; dog-leg staircase with turned balusters; 4-centred-arched stone corner fireplace with cut spandrels; bolection-moulded stone corner fireplace upstairs; stone cellar.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 14/16 (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 10:03AM