Building record 1160/0/151 - No.508 Wellingborough Road (New Ways)

1925-6 by P Behrens for W J Basset-Lowke in German Expressionist style. Some internal features from No 78 Derngate as remodelled 1916 by C R Mackintosh. Whitewashed cement rendered 2 storey front with stairs window pointed bay. Crested parapet. Listed as probably first example of this style in England.

{1} 1925-6 by P. Behrens for W. J. Basset-Lowke in German Expressionist style. Some internal features from No 78 Derngate as remodelled 1916 by C R Mackintosh. Whitewashed cement rendered 2 storey front with stairs window pointed bay. Crested parapet. Listed as probably first example of this style in England.

{5} The first house in England in the International Style and among the first to appear anywhere. Published in the Architectural Review in 1926.

{6} Photo dated 1990;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 14/21 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN1000.

<3> Mowl T.; Hickman C., 2008, The Historic Gardens of England: Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Series). SNN106082.

<4> Way T., 2009, Garden Gnomes: A History, p.27 (unchecked) (Series). SNN106617.

<5> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 476 (Book). SNN111989.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Northampton (Photographs). SNN114989.

<7> Historic England, Undated, New Ways, Photograph: 2K/07586 (Archive). SNN115614.

<8> Historic England, Undated, England's Landscapes, BF110930 (Archive). SNN114508.

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Sep 18 2024 3:09PM