Building record 979/0/4 - Nos.54 & 55 Main Street

Pair of semi-detached estate cottages. Circa 1848 for the Althorp estate. Coursed ironstone with Flemish bond red brick front with ironstone dressings.

{1} Pair of semi-detached estate cottages. Circa 1848 for the Althorp estate. Coursed ironstone with Flemish bond red brick front with ironstone dressings. Slate roof with stone coped gable ends with shaped kneelers. Central brick axial stack.

PLAN: Pair of semi-detached cottages with side entrances, central rear wing and flanking rear blocks. Neo-Tudor style.

EXTERIOR: 2 storey. Symmetrical 2-bay front, the gabled bays slightly advanced and with shields in gables, the left with finial. 3-light wooden mullion windows, the ground floor with transoms, all with diamond leaded panes. On either gable end a chamfered 4-centred arch doorway with arch ribbed doors and chamfered 4-centred arch window above. At rear central gabled wing and flanking 2-storey blocks with pyramidal roofs.

INTERIORS: not inspected.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 20/1001 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G01 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

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Jun 4 2025 10:00AM