Building record 953/8/1 - No. 22 (Holly House)

House. C17. Ironstone ashlar, Swithland slate roof, brick ridge and end stacks. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range.

{1} House. C17. Ironstone ashlar, Swithland slate roof, brick ridge and end stacks. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central bay projects and has windows at mezzanine levels lighting staircase. Oval panel with side scrolls and crest in gable. Door to left of central projection. 3-light stone-mullioned windows to ground and first floors. Moulded string at first floor level and over first floor windows. Rear to High Street: C20 2-storey central one-window extension covering original front door- with 4-centred arch head. Interior: complete set of moulded chamfered beams with stops, moulded chamfered timber lintels to window openings and to newel post of dog-leg staircase with landings. 4-centred arch fireplace in ground floor room to right of centre, the jambs of another in room to left.

{3} {4} Level 2 building recording was undertaken. The house originates either just before or just after the English Civil War and can clearly be traced in documents from the Hearth Tax onwards. In the later 19th century it was owned by a succession of doctors to the village and the house grew to twice its current size. The extensions were demolished in the mid-20th century reducing the house to its original core. It was subdivided and in multiple tenancies during WWII. One well-known tenant in the 1940s was Stanley Unwin.

{5} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/217 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F04 p.85 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Horne B. (Editor), 2014, South Midlands Archaeology (44), p. 36 (Journal). SNN109842.

<4> Soden I, 2013, A heritage asset survey of Holly House and outbuildings, 22-24 High Street, Long Buckby (Report). SNN111462.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Long Buckby (Photographs). SNN112637.

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Aug 25 2021 2:46PM