Building record 4268/0/20 - Wantage House and attached short flanking walls, Harborough Road

Farmhouse, now a house. Built around 1820 with mid C19 and late C20 alterations. Brick with concrete tile hipped roof.

{1} Farmhouse, now a house. C1820 with mid C19 and late C20 alterations. Brick with concrete tile hipped roof. Chamfered plinth, eaves with wooden brackets. 2 side wall, single gable and 2 ridge brick stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays, L-plan. West front has central steps to a small portico with fluted iron piers, 6-panel beaded door, the top 2 panels glazed, with patterned fanlight, flanked by single 8/8 sashes. Above, a 6/6 central sash flanked by single 8/8 sashes. All these windows have rubbed brick heads. Beyond, each side, a ramped flanking wall 3m long, with square piers and half-round coping. C19 north rear wing has dentillated eaves and a C19 sash and casements with segmental heads.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 2/6 9checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

Record last edited

Nov 8 2024 9:17AM