Building record 953/0/71 - No. 9 Skinyard Lane (Prospect House) and attached wall

{1} House. C17 with C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed ironstone ironstone rubble, some courses of squared ironstone, slate roof, brick end and ridge stacks. 2 storeys and attic; 4-window range. 4-panel part-glazed door in 3-bay C20 porch extension right of centre. Another single storey C19 lean-to extension to left. Small one-light casement window with stone surround, moulded stone lintel and hood mould above porch. Gable to right has a blocked window with hood mould at first floor and attic levels, with sundial in between and datestone in gable above inscribed C/IH/1651. Coursed squared ironstone wall extending from right angle with tiled coping and reset datestone in blocked doorway inscribed WRE 169?. Interior: stop-chamfered beams and pencilled inscription on underside of stair riser: "1872 James Adams West Haddon", probably recording date of renovations and conversion of house into row of two cottages, recently reunited.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/232 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F04 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Long Buckby (Photographs). SNN112637.

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Aug 25 2021 2:30PM