Building record 1160/0/193 - No.5 Mercer's Row

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Summary

Built of brick in 1901 in a Renaissance style for wine merchants Lankester & Wells by Herbert Norman.

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Full Description

{2} 1901 in German Renaissance style. Red brick stone dressed, Westmoreland slate roof with gable. 3 storeys and attic; stone angle buttresses, floor and sill bands, pulvinated frieze, cornice. Modern shop window. Upper floors each have 4 casement windows, round headed to 1st floor. Attic pair of windows in gable, balcony with wrought iron railings. Nos 3 to 6 (consec.) form a group.

{3} Photo dated 1992;


<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 3/356 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14 p.106 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN1000.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Northampton (Photographs). SNN114989.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Digital archive: Clews Architects. 1980s. Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire. h:heritage\smr\historic buildings database. historic.mdb. Clews Architects. 3/356.
  • <2> Catalogue: 1976. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"). Borough of Northampton. Dept. of Environment. H14 p.106 (checked).
  • <3> Photographs: Photographs of buildings in Northampton.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 75448 60491 (14m by 17m) Central
Civil Parish NORTHAMPTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Northampton District)

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  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 20 2024 12:04PM

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