Building record 1966/0/18 - No. 115 High Street (Mead's Dairy)

{1} House, incorporating shop. Probably early C18, with later alteration. Coursed limestone rubble with ironstone bands (street face painted), slate roof, brick gable end stack. 2 storeys and attic. Main block gable-end to street with lower wing to left. Main block gable end has 2 C20 2-light casement windows with wooden lintels, small attic light and stone with cornice above (probably datestone, but no longer legible). Wing has C20 door and shop window and a 2-light small-paned casement window with wooden lintel above. Right flank of main block reveals ironstone band and irregular casement fenestration with wooden lintels. Low addition to rear. Interior not inspected.

{3} Map evidence suggests that the north wing was added between 1803 and 1886. From the survey it became clear that the walls of the building had been raised to accommodated the slate roof over the original thatched roof. The recording of the attic space demonstrated that the original thatched roof is in very poor condition with many of the secondary rafters having rotted through and the thatch fallen onto the floor of the attic room. The roof structure was made using whatever timber came to hand; some of the beams have seemingly been used from elsewhere. The roof structure utilised in some cases roughly squared branches and untrimmed branches. As such the roof is a fairly typical example of a small vernacular building.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 23/7 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), J12 p.12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

<3> Upson-Smith T., 2008, A building assessment of the attic space at 111 High Street, Burton Latimer, (checked) (Report). SNN106719.

<4> Horne B. (Editor), 2009, South Midlands Archaeology (Northamptonshire entries), 39/26 (checked) (Journal). SNN106544.

<5> Chapman, P. (Ed.), 2010, Archaeology in Northamptonshire, 2008, 36/182 (checked) (Article). SNN107502.

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Jan 14 2013 10:10AM