Building record 2203/0/16 - Brooklands

The site of an early to mid 18th century single storey house of coursed limestone rubble with parapeted gables and a concrete tile roof. The roof was probably originally thatched as the dormers are of a type appropriate to that material. The original internal arrangement appears to have been with a near central entrance and prehaps one heated room with a gable stack. With some modern alterations.

House. Early/mid C18. Regular coursed limestone with concrete tile roof. Originally 2-unit plan. 2 storeys. 3-window range of casements at first floor, under shallow Lincolnshire dormers. Canted bay, with stone base, to ground floor left and C20 casement, to right, under old lintels. Central C20 door has flat hood. Ashlar gable parapets and brick and stone stacks, now rendered, at ends. Rear elevation has leaded casement to left and lean-to extension to right. Interior not inspected but noted as having an open fireplace with bressumer in room to right of entrance. Included for group value. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p135)

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 9/110 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G10 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> 1975-85, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN100542.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Polebrook (Photographs). SNN113566.

<5> Historic England, BROOKLANDS, HEMINGTON ROAD, POLEBROOK, BF084425 (Archive). SNN114976.

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Apr 4 2023 8:51AM