Building record 1653/0/8 - Woodford Rise

{1} House. Late C17/early C18. Regular coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate and pantile roofs. Irregular L-shape plan. 2 storeys with attic. Main front of 4-window range of early C20 stone mullion windows. Stone porch to left of centre is of similar date. Ashlar gable parapets and ashlar stacks with moulded cornices at ridge and ends. Early C20 single-storey extension to right of main front. Rear elevations have casements windows, some with glazing bars under wood lintels. Interior: C17 staircase with turned balustrade re-located from house at east end of village, now demolished. Moulded spine beams; remains of open fireplace in room to rear. Some original roof structure remains.

{5} Undated phto;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/153 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.467 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Coney-Wilson W., Living Stones, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN105655.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Woodford (Photographs). SNN114290.

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Nov 9 2022 10:20AM