Building record 2646/0/2 - Tansor House

{1} House. Probably C17th with datestone R/HS/1721. Altered early and mid C19. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and Collyweston slate roof. Originally probably 2-unit plan, now L-shape. 2 storeys with attic. Main front is a 3-window range. Flanking 2-storey canted bay windows with unhorned sashes and glazing bars. Central sash window at first floor, under a stone lintel. Central doorway, now blocked, has moulded stone surround with cornice. Chamfered plinth, raised band between storeys and moulded cornice. Pair of hipped roof dormers. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and truncated ashlar stacks at ends. Right gable has oval datestone in apex. Rear wing, to right, is probably of C17 origin and has 2 leaded casements at first floor, under wood lintels and C19 tripartite sash window, also under wood lintel, to ground floor. C20 door and porch to left. Pair of roof dormers with leaded casements have some early glass. Interior: kitchen in rear wing has large open fireplace wit bressumer. Mid C19 staircase said to retain C18 turned balusters.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/139 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G10 (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.150 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Tansor (Photographs). SNN113271.

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Apr 27 2022 12:17PM