Building record 2913/0/13 - No.12 Main Street (The Shambles)

A late 18th century to early 19th century house with mid 19th century alterations is located on the northern side of the Main Street. The building is an L plan and has been constructed of squared coursed limestone with double pitch Collyweston slate roofs with brick ridge and end chimney stacks. The house is single story with an attic range lit by five hipped roof dormer windows. The elevation facing the Main Street has a two window range of unhorned sashes under stone lintels with key blocks with two hipped dormer windows above. The principle facade faces to the east and has an entrance door on the far left in the gable of the street range with a second door to its right in a glazed porch. A tripartite sash window is roughly central and a door is on the right, flanked by two small casement windows. Three eaves dormer windows are grouped slightly to the left, each with a two light casement window. Formerly known as Rose Cottage.

{1} House. Probably mid/late C18 altered early C19. Squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. L-shape plan. Single storey with attic. Elevation abutting road is a 2-window range of C19 unhorned sash windows, with glazing bars, under stone lintels with keyblocks. Pair of hipped eaves dormers, to attic, have C19 casement windows. Chamfered plinth. Brick stacks at ends. Elevation to right has 3 hipped roof dormers similar to front elevation but with one C20 window to centre. C19 tripartit sash window, with glazing bars, under wood lintel to ground floor left. Other ground floor windows are C19 style casements under wood lintels. Part-glazed door, to far left, and 2 C20 porches to left and right of centre. Brick stacks at ridge and end. Interior: staircase rises between walls, two 6-panel doors in entrance hall. Room to left of entrance has early C19 fireplace and cupboard with domed back and curved shelves. Room to far right has C19 cast iron range. Room to left of entrance, butting the road, was probably rebuilt early C19.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 12/17 (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.29 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Bulwick (Photographs). SNN112158.

<5> Historic England, Undated, THE SHAMBLES, BULWICK, BF084660 (Archive). SNN114535.

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Dec 20 2022 10:02AM