Building record 2882/0/23 - The Steward's House

An early and late 17th century house located on the northern side of the High Street. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and a Collyweston slate roof. The street facade has a two window range of two story canted bays with five light stone mullion windows each with a gablet over with moulded kneelers. A central door has a four-centred arch in a moulded stone surround. Above the ground floor bay windows is a moulded string course that rises over the door way.

{1} House. Early C17 and late C17. Squared coursed limestone and limestone ashlar, with Collyweston slate roof. Originally 2-unit plan. 2 storeys. 2-window range of C17, five light, 2-storey canted bay windows with ovolo moulded stone mullions. Ashlar banded gablets over, with moulded kneelers. Central plank door has 4-centred arch-head, with moulded stone surround. Moulded string course above windows, stepping up over doorway. Evidence of blocked fire window to far left. Ashlar end stack, with moul ed cornices to right and shared brick and stone stack to left. Rear wing is probably late C17. Interior has open fireplace with bressumer to ground floor left with winder stair adjacent. First floor room, to right, has C17 fireplace with chamfered stone surround and 4-centred arch-head.

{3} The Steward's House, two-room symmetrical house of two storeys, with freestone dressings and two two-storey gabled bay windows with mullioned windows, of the first half of the 17th century; in gable of the W. bay is a sundial. A wing at the rear may be later 17th-century. Central doorway with four-centred head, continuous moulded jambs and sunk spandrels; a string-course across the bay windows continues as a label over the door. (Not entered)

{4} Shown on 1841 Enclosure Map, although the building extends much further to the rear.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/45 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G11 (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.34 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> 1841, Collyweston Enclosure Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN102458.

<5> Various, Various, Photographs of buildings in Collyweston (Photographs). SNN111558.

<6> Historic England, THE STEWARDS HOUSE, COLLYWESTON, BF084582 (Archive). SNN114771.

Record last edited

Feb 21 2023 10:14AM