Monument record 1160/89/1 - Nos.21 & 23 Bridge Street (Angel Hotel)

19th century, three-storey building. Stucco with Welsh-slated roof. Badly damaged in a fire in 2012 and subsequently in 2023 and 2024. Now demolished.

{1} C19. Stucco, Welsh slated roof with modillioned cornice. 3 storeys. Rusticated ground floor with round arched windows between pairs of Roman Ionic pilasters. Carriageway left of centre under canted bay window. First and second floors each have 7 sash windows in architrave surrounds. Shop front on far left. Nos 7 to 23 (odd) form a group.

{2} C19th; stucco with slate roof; 3 storeys; carriageway left of centre under bay window; shop front on far left;

{3} Floor plans produced as part of an application to convert the former inn and hotel to use as a public house and offices. Shaded area on the ground floor plan though to be area set aside for the bar.

{4} A fire on 2-3 January 2012 gutted the building. Five photographs taken by G Cadman

{5} A further article from the Chronicle and Echo regarding the fire. A photograph shows the view of the damaged roof structure from the street level.

{6} Two photos dated 1993;

{8} Historic analysis indicates that the present building was likely built around 1816.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 3/236 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14 p.33 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN1000.

<3> Sansone Hall Architects, 1996, Plan, (unchecked) (Plan). SNN48226.

<4> Cadman G, 2012, Photographs of the Angel Hotel following a fire, (checked) (Photographs). SNN107859.

<5> Chronicle & Echo, 2012, Blaze-hit Northampton building is too unsafe for bars to re-open, (checked) (Article). SNN107860.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Northampton (Photographs). SNN114989.

<7> Payne, H, 2024, Built Heritage Statement and Historic Building Recording: 21-23 Bridge Street, Northampton, NN1 1NH (Report). SNN116766.

<8> Ringrose, A, 2018, Heritage Impact Assessment: Angel Hotel, 21-23 Bridge, Northampton (Report). SNN116767.

Record last edited

Mar 13 2025 4:44PM