Building record 3695/4/1 - No. 8 Main Street (The Old Manor House)

{1} Farmhouse, now a house. Late C17, reroofed and with additions c 1950. Ironstone with concrete tile roof. 2 brick gable stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Single range with central gabled rear stair turret and lean-to C20 rear addition. Front has central mid C20 glazed wooden porch enclosing a roll moulded Tudor arched doorway. On either side, a C20 3-light casement with wooden lintel in altered openings. Above, central 2-light casement flanked by single 3-light casements, all in altered openings. Rear has all C20 glazing. Interior has chamfered spine beam and fireplace bressummer in west end room. Oak winder stair with framed newel with cupboard door formed from C17 panelling. 2 other doors made from similar panelling. 2 C18 2-panel doors. Small late C18 hob grate.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 5/38 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K1/3 p.24 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

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Nov 1 2012 1:12PM