Building record 1160/379/3 - No.6 Mercer's Row

Late C17th. Stucco, old tiled roof with modillioned cornice.

{1} Late C17th. Stucco, old tiled roof with modillioned cornice. 3 storeys, 2 flush sash windows, modern shop front. Interior: late C17 staircase with turned balusters, splat balusters on top landing. First floor front room has late C17 corner cupboard with shaped shelves and arched head. Probably early C19 panelling. Early C19 fireplaces throughout with reeded surrounds and cast-iron hob grates. Included for group value. Nos 3 to 6 (consec.) form a group.

{3}Late C17th stucco building with tiled roof; 3 storeys; modern shop front; additional notes on interior added in pencil to DOE listing;

{4} Photo dated 1992.

{5} Post-fire building with distinctive deep cornice of the period.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1+3/357 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Department of the Environment (DoE), 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p.106 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN3381.

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

<5> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 446 (Book). SNN111989.

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Sep 20 2024 12:02PM