Building record 1160/145/1 - Nos.18, 18A, 20 & 20A Sheep Street

Late 17th century. Formerly an inn and then the town house of the Earl of Halifax. After 1740 it was the seat of Dr Doddridge's Academy for Dissenting Ministers.

{2} C17th, heightened C18th by addition of top floor. Ashlar up to 2nd floor, stucco above. Welsh slated roof. 7 windows to each upper floor. Late C19 or early C20 shop fronts. 1st floor simplified Ionic pilasters under cornice moulding; 2 niches at No 20. May have been town house of Earl of Halifax. Plaque commemorates Dr Doddridge's famous Dissenting Academy here circa 1740-52. Formerly included No. 24, now demolished.

{4} Late 17th century, of ironstone. Heavily tapered Ionic pillasters on the first floor. The main motif, left of centre, is the niches flanking a window (altered). This was once an inn, then the town house of the Earl of Halifax, and, after 1740, the seat of Doddridge's Academy for Dissenting Ministers.

{5} Two photos dated 1990;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1/81 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14 p.121 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN1000.

<3> Page W. (ed), 1930, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.38 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100370.

<4> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 447 (Book). SNN111989.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Northampton (Photographs). SNN114989.

Record last edited

May 10 2023 11:51AM