Building record 5046/2/2 - Outbuilding (Formerly Stable of Great Houghton Hall)

{1} C18. Ashlar, Welsh slated roof with stone cornice. 2 storeys, sill bands. 5 windows with triple keystones, sashes with glazing bars except for modern casement on left of first floor. Stone mounting block on right of central elliptical arch with plain archivolt, imposts, keystone.

{3} Former stables, of ashlar, over two storeys, now converted into part of the school. Two pairs of windows at ground floor, separated by a central coach entrance leading to the rear of the building. The windows, each of 6/6 timber sash, sit above a stone string-course, a detail replicated at first floor where the windows are 3/3 timber sash. The roof is Welsh blue slate.

{4} Photo dated 1990;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 25/425 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Weaver, S. & Roper-Pressdee, S., 2013, Cultural Heritage Desk Based Assessment: Project Gulliver, Brackmills Point, Northampton, Northamptonshire, p.18 (checked) (Report). SNN109452.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Great Houghton (Photographs). SNN112510.

Record last edited

Apr 5 2023 12:01PM