Building record 491/0/27 - Ivy Lodge

House. Late C17. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roof, brick end stacks on stone bases. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central 6-panel part-glazed door in C20 gabled porch. Part-glazed door to left with overlight and late C18 moulded wood surround and cornice hood. A 2-light cross window to right with flat-arched head and keyblock. Similar windows to first floor with C20 aluminium frames, that to left wider with similar cemented head. County Fire insurance plaque over middl :> window. Quoins, brick eaves and stone-coped gables with kneelers. C20 brick kitchen extension to rear. Interior has complete set of original spine beams, some boxed but where exposed chamfered with unusual spearhead stops. Open fireplace with bar-stop-chamfered bressumer and collar-truss roof. Formerly thatched and said to have been a public house.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 14/161 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Newnham (Photographs). SNN112905.

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Feb 2 2022 2:30PM