Building record 1679/10/1 - No.3b and attached shop

Early 18th-century building, formerly a public house known as the White Horse Inn, now a house and shop.

{1} Public house, now house and shop. Early C18. Squared coursed limestone with asbestos tile roof. Originally 3-unit plan with cross passage. 2 storeys. 3-window range of horizontal sliding sash windows, some with glazing bars, under wood lintels. C20 door to left of centre, under wood lintel, has shallow buttress to right. C20 shop front to far right. Hipped roof to left with brick stacks at ridge. Interior not inspected but noted as having remains of 2 open fireplaces with bressumers and ceiling eams. Formerly the White Horse Inn.

{3}Early 18th century public house. Originally 3-unit plan with cross passage. 2 storeys. Formerly the White Horse Inn. Now house and shop.

{5} White Horse Inn, High Street
Shown on Ordnance Survey map of 1884, but is not in use as a public house by 1926. The building is now a house and shop and is a listed structure. (1)
It may be expected that there were several inns at Higham in the later medieval period. As yet the distribution of most of the inns and alehouses has not been established although several have been located. It is clear from the survey of 1737 that some at least of the inns and alehouses were distributed through the town from North End to the southern end of Newlands (6) (7)

{8} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 19+20/38 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p.20 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45409.

<4> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN4.

<5> Foard G.; Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Higham Ferrers (Medieval - Industrial), (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN100543.

<6> 1795, Higham Ferrers Burgage Rental 1795, (unchecked) (Document). SNN100550.

<7> COLBECK J., 1737, Higham Ferrers, 1737 (NRO Map 1004), (unchecked) (Map). SNN100548.

<8> Photographs of buildings in Higham Ferrers (Photographs). SNN115452.

Record last edited

Sep 13 2023 12:49PM