Building record 86/1/42 - Former Weedon Barracks, Storehouse No.3

{1} Former barrack block. C.1810. Red brick, hipped corrugated asbestos roof. 2-storey, 11-window range. Stands on north side of canal and has central door to south with 12-panel, double-leaf doors flanked by stone pilasters supporting entablature, with tripartite sash window with cambered head to first floor above. Similar wider blocked doorways either end, with similar windows above. Ground floor windows have round-arched heads and large 2-light casements and are in round-headed recesses. 12-pane sash windows to first floor. Centre and ends project slightly. Plinth and first floor string course. Interior: first floor supported by 3 rows of chamfered timber posts.

{3} Warehouse. 1804-10, and one of an odd-numbered group to the north of the canal. Flemish bond red brick with gauged brick dressings to arches, hipped corrugated asbestos roof replacing M-shaped Welsh roof, late C19 (c1888) brick stacks added for ground-floor armoury. Rectangular plan with central vestibule with stairs opening into flanking storerooms. 2 storeys, 11-window range to south elevation facing canal. Central doors with 12-panel double-leaf doors flanked by stone pilasters supporting Doric entablature with cambered arches over tripartite sash windows above. Similar wider blocked doorways either end, with similar windows above. Semi-circular arched ground-floor windows, being 2-light wooden casements of late C19 date, set in semi-circular arched recesses. Late C19 horned 6/6-pane sashes to first floor. Centre and ends project slightly. Plinth and first-floor string course. Interior: first floor supported by 3 rows of chamfered timber posts with pillow beams. Steel trusses of 1938, when roofs remodelled. Open string staircase with chamfered and scroll-stopped newels, diamond-set balusters and moulded handrail. Semi-circular arched doorways, set in semi-circular arched recesses, provide access to storerooms. Stone-flagged vestibule floor includes length of 18in gauge tramway.
Part of a unique planned military-industrial complex, complete with its own defensible transport system and surrounding walls. For full details see description of Storehouse No 2.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 16/179 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F06 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> ENGLISH HERITAGE, Ongoing, National Heritage List for England, (checked) (Website). SNN107872.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Weedon Bec (Photographs). SNN114204.

Record last edited

Oct 12 2022 12:19PM