Building record 1160/138/1 - Nos.60a & 60b Bridge Street (The Corporation Charity School)

Former Blue Coat and Orange School. Dated 1811. Brick, stone dressings. Welsh slated roof.

{1} Dated 1811. Brick, stone dressings. Welsh slated roof. 2 storeys, plinth, quoins. Ground floor has central door in stone surround under moulded cornice. 2 modern shop fronts. First floor 3 tall sash windows interspersed with 2 small stone niches. Plaque over door. Nos 56 to 60 (even), 60a and 60b form a group.

{2} School built 1811; brick building with stone dressings; 2 storeys with Welsh slate roof; modern shop fronts inserted; plaque over central door;

{3} Between St John's Hospital & George corner is little to call for observation; Corporation Charity School is about as ugly bit of C19th architecture as has been produced; couple of niches for reception of 2 figures of earlier time which belonged to some other building;

{4} Two photos, both dated 1992, one of front and one of rear;

{5} Photo of rear of building, taken from Kingswell Street, dated October 1967;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 3/11 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14 p.38 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN1000.

<3> De Wilde G.J., 1872, Rambles Roundabout and Poems, p.213 (checked) (Book). SNN1106.

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

<5> Miss June Swann, 1960s- 70s, Miss June Swann Photographic Archive (Photographs). SNN116665.

<6> MOORE W.R.G., 1974, Survey of Northampton Datestones, p. 80 (Article). SNN40535.

Record last edited

Mar 31 2025 12:40PM