Building record 2878/0/9 - No.5 Lower Street (Church House)

{1} House. Early C18, with C19 and mid C20 additions and alterations. Ironstone with limestone dressings and C20 pantile roof. Coped gables with kneelers, 2 gable and single ridge brick stacks. 2 storeys plus attics, 5 bays, the openings arranged 1 - 3 - 1. South front has an off-centre C20 door with overlight, and 6/6 sashes to both floors, all with keystoned flat arches. The gables have glazing bar sashes and casements, one on each floor. The rear has an off-centre tent-roofed bay window and to left, a C20 canted porch in the return angle. Above, to left, 3 2-light leaded casements. Interior retains a principal rafter roof. Mid C20 rear wing is not of special architectural interest.

{2} House. Early 18th century, with 19th and mid 20th centuries additions and alterations. 2 storeys plus attics, 5 bays, the openings arranged 1-3-1.

{3} Building shown in c.1750.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 3/31 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H13 p.20 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

<3> 1750?, Desborough furlong plan, (unchecked) (Map). SNN102477.

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Jan 14 2015 5:41PM