Building record 2881/0/7 - No.24 Church Street

Post medieval house built 1688. Extended during the 18th and 19th centuries. (Also known as The Shepherds Cottage).

{1} House. Datestone G/TM/1688, extended C18 and C19. Squared coursed limestone and ironstone with Collyweston slate roof. Originally 2-unit plan now irregular L-shape. Single storey and single storey with attic. Gable end abutting Church Street has a one-window range of 2- and 3-light, ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows; first floor window has leaded-lights. Ashlar gable parapet and datestone with diamond panel and cornice, above first floor window. Elevation, to left, has C20 door and window unde concrete lintel. Pair of gabled eaves dormers to attic have leaded casements. Brick and stone stack at end. Elevation to right of front gable has C20 lateral brick stack and adjacent C20 dormer. C19 single storey extension, to left, has C19 style casement. Rear elevation has outbuilding projecting at right angles, now part of house. Interior: entrance hall has open fireplace with bressumer. C18 plaster cornice to one wall and centre roundel. Room to right of entrance has late C17/early C18 fireplace surround. The house was occupied by Francis Mitchell, a slater, in 1820.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/38 (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.57 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> 1820, Easton on the Hill Inclosure Map 15 (NRO Map 2895; BEO M399), (unchecked) (Map). SNN102482.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Easton On The Hill (Photographs). SNN111661.

<6> Historic England, Undated, 24 CHURCH STREET, EASTON ON THE HILL, BF084051 (Archive). SNN113997.

Record last edited

Sep 5 2022 2:32PM