Building record 707/0/16 - No.22 Helmdon Road

An early 18th-century cottage. Coursed squared ironstone and limestone, plain tile roof, brick end and ridge stacks.

Cottage. Early C18. Coursed squared ironstone and limestone, plain tile roof, brick end and ridge stacks. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys, cellar and attic; 2-window range. Central part-glazed plank door in moulded wood surround with timber lintel and segmental hood on brackets, 4-light casement window to left, a 2-light casement to right and 3-light casements to first floor all with timber lintels. A change in stonework at head of sills of first floor windows indicates old raising. Single-storey C20 extension to left. Quoins. Interior has ogee stop-chamfered spine beams, old doors and central roof truss with clasped ogee principals. (Northamptonshire History News, No.29, March 1976, p.14).

{3} Undated photo, also photo dated 26.11.1993 and three photos of interior dated 29.04.1992;

{4} Building recording carried out in 1976. When recorded there was a barn to the west constructed of cob.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/92 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Wappenham (Photographs). SNN114134.

<4> Giggins, B and Moore, R, 1976, Northamptonshire Buildings: Helmdon Road, Wappenham, Near Towcester, p. 13-4 (Article). SNN116735.

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Feb 12 2025 3:35PM