Building record 3026/0/40 - Nos.23 & 24 Main Street

Houses of 1831.

{1} Two houses. Datestone S.OB 1831, Stafford-O'Brien family of Blatherwyke Hall. Squared coursed limestone with Welsh slate roof. Originally each probably of 2-unit plans forming an L-shape range. Single storey with attic. Main front of 3 bays with flanking bays breaking forward slightly. Central C20 door with 4-centred arch-head and Gothick glazing bars. Small square-head window to left of door. Casement windows in flanking bays have 4-centred arch-heads and Gothic glazing bars. Door and window op nings have ashlar surrounds. 3 eaves dormers have casement windows with glazing bars and shallow gabled roofs. Overhanging eaves and hipped roofs to flanking bays. Ashlar stack at ridge. Elevation to left has a similar 2-window range with central door. Leaded casement under eaves to far left. C20 flat roofed eaves dormer. Interior not inspected.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 17/35 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.22 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> 1847, Blatherwycke NRO T189, (unchecked) (Map). SNN102449.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Blatherwycke (Photographs). SNN112038.

<6> Historic England, Undated, 22-24 MAIN STREET, BLATHERWYCKE, BF084025 (Archive). SNN116136.

Record last edited

Feb 27 2024 2:20PM