Building record 1127/0/9 - Nortoft House

House, mainly late C18 with traces of C17 house to rear.

{1} House, mainly late C18 with traces of C17 house to rear. Regular coursed lias. 2-unit symmetrical. 2-storeys with attic; 3-window range. Central entrance with plain arched head and half-glazed door. Tripartite sashes, the central sashes having arched head with intersecting glazing bars; all with flat arches and keystones. Moulded stone cornice. Central roof dormer with Gothick tracery. C20 stone stacks at ends. Rear probably C17. Reputed to have datestone 1595. Interior: Late C18 staircase with quarter landing, has simple Adam style ceiling. C17 doorway with 4-centred head in back porch has original hinge brackets. C17 moulded stone window surround in kitchen.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 3/166 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Guilsborough (Photographs). SNN111759.

Record last edited

Nov 15 2024 3:49PM