Building record 510/0/6 - The Old House

House. Dated 1690, part earlier

{1} House. Dated 1690, part earlier. Coursed squared ironstone with limestone dressings, tile roof with ornamental ridge tiles, brick end stacks on stone bases and stone ridge stack. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic, 3-window range. 6-panel door to right of centre and a straight-joint, with moulded wood frame, timber lintel and gabled hood on brackets. 2-light flat-faced stone mullion windows throughout with moulded sills. Gabled dormers over each bay interrupting eaves with plaque in gable of lef :> ibed F/WT and datestone in gable of middle dormer inscribed 1690. A stone panel with blank upright raised oval to left of door possibly a blocked window and 2 one-light cellar windows to left with plain stone jambs and lintels. Stone coped gables with kneelers. Stair turret to rear and outbuilding range to rear left converted into office and accommodation. Interior has bar-stop chamfered spine beam, two open fireplaces with moulded bressumers, a moulded stone fireplace with str :> eared C18 stone chimneypieces and dog-leg staircase with serpentine splat balusters. Collar truss roof. (Pevsner Buildings of England: Northants, P.211).

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/75 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Everdon (Photographs). SNN111697.

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Aug 14 2024 3:00PM