Building record 1679/17/1 - No. 19 College Street and attached barn to west

House. The frontage is of mid and late 18th-century date. Squared coursed limestone with slate roof. The rear ranges are of 18th and 19th century date and include a former barn

{1} House. Mid and late C18. Squared coursed limestone with slate roof. Originally 2-unit plan. 2 storeys with attic. 3-window range of unhorned sash windows with glazing bars under gauged stone heads. Central C19 3-panel door with fanlight and flat hood over. 2-storey, one-window range of late C18 is attached to right and is set back from original 3 bays, all in similar manner. Chamfered plinth and ashlar gable parapets. Central flat-topped roof dormer with casement window. Brick stacks at ends. Rear elevation has mid C19 wing attached at right angles to main house and linking to early C19 barn. Barn is of squared coursed limestone with slate roof. Modified central cart entrance flanked by slit vents. Ashlar gable parapets. Gable end has slit vents. Interior of house has late C18 staircase with stick balustrade and some 2 panelled doors.

{4} The front range was originally of a two-unit plan extended in the late-18th century by the addition of a single bay at the north end. In the front elevation a slight offset marks the north end of the primary phase and inside it is marked by a change in ceiling height. The first floor fittings in the front range have fittings consistent with an 18th-century date.

Part of the rear range of the building could have originated as a separate structure, possibly in the 18th century. This two-storey, square limestone structure is separated from the front range from a 19th-century brick built section. A 19th-century barn adjoins the 18th-century stone structure to the west. The barn has double doors in one side with a small opposed draught door. Features such as the brick lining of the lower walls and the kingpost truss roof indicate a 19th-century date for the barn.

{5} Three undated photos, also two undated photos of barn at rear of No 19;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 18/32 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G07 p.17 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Crank, N. (Editor), 2019, South Midlands Archaeology (49), p. 66 (Journal). SNN111755.

<4> Phillips, M., 2018, 19 College Street, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Building Record (Report). SNN111868.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Higham Ferrers (Photographs). SNN115452.

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Oct 11 2023 2:13PM