Building record 2882/0/14 - Beaufort House

The Rectory was built in 1832 to designs of James Richardson of Stamford. It was extended in the mid to late 19th century. In the 21st century the rectory was converted into a house. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and a hipped Collyweston slate roof with two ridge chimney stacks. The main front has a five window range of unhorned sashes with a central door within a moulded door case and under an open pediment.

{1} Shown as The Rectory on Ordnance Survey map. Rectory, now house, c1832/53 by James Richardson of Stamford, extended mid/late C19. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and Collyweston slate roof. Double depth plan. 2 storeys. Main front is a 5-window range. Central 5-panel door. Moulded wood doorcase with roundels at corners and open pediment. Rectangular fanlight with glazing bars. Unhorned sash windows, with glazing bars, reducing at first floor. Ashlar dressings and stone lintels with keyblocks. Ashlar quoins. Hipped roof with 2 ashlar stacks to centre. Mid/late C19 one-bay extension, to left, is all in similar style. Interior not inspected but said to retain early C19 fittings and staircase with a stick balustrade. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p35; Northamptonshire Records Office - Architectural Drawings Collection)

{3} Plans and elevation of 1832.

{5} Undated photo.

{6} [Former list description] The site of a rectory that was built between 1832 and 1853 and extended mid to late 19th century. In the 21st century the rectory was converted into a house. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and a hipped Collyweston slate roof with two ridge chimney stacks. The main front has a five window range of unhorned sashes with a central door within a moulded door case and under an open pediment. The building is grade II Listed.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/38 (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. 35/site 21 (Series). SNN77384.

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

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

<6> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, District of Listing: East Northamptonshire. 31-Mar-1988 (Report). SNN112993.

<7> Undated, BEAUFORT HOUSE, COLLYWESTON, BF084588 (Archive). SNN113622.

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