Building record 1160/243/1 - Nos.33 to 45 St Giles' Street (odd)

Terrace constructed in 1864 by the trustees of the St. Thomas Hospital Charity.

{1} Mid C19th. Stucco, Welsh slated roofs with modillioned cornices. 3 storeys, floor bands. 2 sash windows each. 2nd floor architrave surrounds, sills on console brackets. 1st floor eared architraves, pulvinated friezes, cornices. C19 shop fronts with Corinthian pilasters, arcaded lights to Nos 33-37. Modern shop window to No 39. Nos 33 to 45 (odd) form a group.

{2} Mid C19th stucco with Welsh slated roofs; 3 storeys; C19th shop fronts with Corinthian pilasters.

{3} In September 2012 a historic building record of a ground floor staircase and section of party wall between Nos. 41 and 43 was carried out prior to the submission of a listed building consent application for their removal.
The site comprises 2 units of a terrace of seven 3 storey town houses with shops at the ground floor. Constructed in 1864 by the trustees of the St. Thomas Hospital Charity the terrace replaced a row of eight tenements gifted in the 1680 will of Richard Massingberd (Mayor of Northampton in 1667). The earliest detailed map of the site is the OS town plan of 1885 which shows the terrace as 7 separate units. According to Kelly's directory of 1869, and well into the 20th century, No. 41 was a stationers. No.43 was listed in Kelly's of 1890 and 1894 as a 'Fancy Repository' and from 1920-1940 as a hardware dealer and plumber. It is shown on the 1956 Goad plan as a dealer in 'Rubber Goods' which may indicate the same occupier. The present jewellers shop was established in 1993.
The fabric recorded was the staircase leading from the ground to the first floor of No. 43 and the remaining section of ground floor party wall between Nos. 41 and 43. Description and photos.

{4} Eight photos dated 1990.

{5} Built for the Massingberd Charity.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 2+4/297 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14 p.117 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN1000.

<3> Crank, N., 2012, 41-43 St Giles Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Record, (checked) (Report). SNN109164.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Northampton (Photographs). SNN114989.

<5> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 450 (Book). SNN111989.

Record last edited

Sep 27 2024 3:10PM