Building record 2853/0/91 - Nos.5 and 9 West Street

Row of 3 houses, now 2 dwellings. 17th century and 19th century. The houses are constructed of squared coursed limestone with double pitch Collyweston and Welsh slate roofs with end and ridge chimney stacks. They have a four window range of casements with wooden lintels under three flat roofed dormers and a bay window with a slate roof on the right. There is a blocked central door and a door under a wooden lintel on the far right.

{1} Row of 3 houses, now 2 dwellings. C17 and C19. Squared coursed limestone and Collyweston and Welsh slate roofs. Originally one-unit plans. 2 storeys, part with attics. Together comprising 4-window range of C19 casements under wood lintels. Casements to No.9 have been renewed C20. C19 canted bay window, with slated roof, to far right. Small single light leaded window to centre of No.5, under wood lintel. 4-panel, part-glazed, door to left of centre of No.5 and C20 part-glazed door to far right. Both are under wood lintels. 3 bays to centre and right are C17 raised C19 with attic, having 3 flat roofed eaves dormers. Blocked door to centre of this range. Brick and stone stacks at ridge and end. Interior: room to right of entrance of No.5 has open fireplace with bressumer and chamfered spine beam. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p104)

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{5} [Former list description] Originally a row of five houses built in the 17th century with 19th century additions and alterations (along with HER no 2853/0/78). The buildings are now divided into four dwellings: Numbers three, five and nine. The houses are constructed of squared coursed limestone with double pitch Collyweston and Welsh slate roofs with end and ridge chimney stacks. Numbers five and nine have a four window range of casements with wooden lintels under three flat roofed dormers and a bay window with a slate roof on the right. There is a blocked central door and a door under a wooden lintel on the far right. Number three and numbers five and nine are Grade II Listed Buildings.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 12/157 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p.81 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN40683.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 104 (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in King's Cliffe (Photographs). SNN112705.

<5> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, District of Listing: East Northamptonshire. 12-Oct-1988 (Report). SNN112993.

<6> Historic England, Undated, 3-5 WEST STREET, KINGS CLIFFE, BF084190 (Archive). SNN114444.

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