Building record 1884/0/2 - No.23 St Andrews Lane

House. Early C18. Limestone, now rendered, with thatch roof.

{1} House. Early C18. Limestone, now rendered, with thatch roof. 2-unit plan. Single storey with attic. 2-window range of casements, with glazing bars, under wood lintels. Similar casements, under eyebrow dormers, to attic. Central 4-panel door also under wood lintel. Ashlar gable parapet to left and brick stacks at ends. Interior not inspected but noted as having remains of open fireplace.

{3} A limestone cottage of two storeys, the upper utilising some of the attic/roof space. The walls are rendered with cement pebble dash so examination of the stonework was not possible. A pheasant hanging hook and another cast iron hook have been attached to the lintel above the front door. The first floor windows have eyebrow dormers. All openings in the front southern elevation appeared to be original. The pitched roof is thatched at both front and rear, and the west gable elevation is capped with an ashlar parapet. The cottage has rendered brick chimney stacks at the west and east ends of the building. There is a lean-to against the northern, rear side of the cottage.
The front door opens into the lounge with an inglenook fireplace in the east wall. A C20th tiled fire surround has been inserted. To the north of the fireplace is a cupboard under the stairs; within this cupboard the coursed rubble north wall of the cottage has been revealed. The downstairs floors are of C20th concrete screed. An early or original partition wall separates the kitchen to the west, which has had a modern partition inserted to create a downstairs bathroom.
Upstairs are two bedrooms and a landing, accessed via a circular staircase. On the north side of bedroom 2 a low plaster board has been removed to reveal the rafters on the north side of the roof and some upright timber posts which appeared to have formed a previous east-west partition.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 14/215 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G08 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Pankhurst N., 2011, Historic Building Recording of Nos. 21 and 23 St. Andrews Lane, Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire, 2011, p.7-8 (checked) (Report). SNN108459.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Titchmarsh (Photographs). SNN113613.

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Jun 22 2022 10:57AM