Building record 707/0/11 - No.3 The Lane

Mid/late 18th-century cottage. Formerly the Poor House.

Cottage. Mid/late C18. Red brick Flemish bond, old tile roof, brick end stacks. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central plank door in moulded timber surround with straight hood on brackets. 2-light casement windows to ground and first floors, those to ground floor with timber lintels, those to first floor with brick flat-arched brick lintels. Stone sundial between first floor centre and left windows and moulded brick cornice. A one-storey-and-attic stone extension to left with . slate roof. Interior has open fireplace with chamfered bressumer, a fitted cupboard in upper room with fielded panelled doors and H hinges. Inscription painted on plaster in attic: 'I laid me down and slept, and rose up again/for the Lord sustained me psalm ye 3'. Formerly the Poor House.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/110 (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.

Record last edited

Sep 28 2022 2:00PM