Building record 1624/0/27 - No. 46 High Street

House, now commercial premises. Early C18

{1} House, now commercial premises. Early C18. Squared coursed limestone with asbestos tile roof. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys. 2-window range of plain casements under wood lintels. C19 and C20 French doors to left and right of ground floor. Central C19 door under wood lintel. Bay to left breaks forward slightly. Gable parapets and brick stacks at ends. C19 lean-to extension to rear. Interior has chamfered spine beams and remains of open fireplace in room to right.

{3} The timeline of construction seems to be as follows:
Phase 1: Late C16th - early C17th. A stone building of an unknown number of bays, 1-1.5 storeys high, with an axial fireplace in a ?open hall. This building was doubtlessly roofed with thatch and may have been crick framed.
Phase 2: 17th century.. The building was re-roofed following a fire and extended through to the west
Phase 3: Later 17th century. The original open central (hall) bay was floored over provided with a stone stack, and an upper floor added, raising it to 2 storeys. Probably at this time a western 2-storey service bay added
Phase 4: A rear limestone outshut added over the centre and west bays
Phase 5: The roof othe outshut was raised to almost the eaves level, to provide a loft
Phase 6: The supposed east bay was rebuilt. Perhaps as a separate dwelling or dower cottage, stone and thatched
Phase 7: Early-mid C19th. Part of the rear outshut was rebuilt as a 2-storey structure in brick, with a parallel roof, providing an additional bedroom
Phase 8: c.1918-20, the eastern cottage was demolished for a cinema, and perhaps at this stage the whole roof re-clad with the asbestos slates.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 16/76 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G07 p.40 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Woodfield, P., 2006, No. 46 High Street, Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, (checked) (Report). SNN105458.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Irthlingborough (Photographs). SNN112812.

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Jun 24 2025 12:43PM