Building record 396/0/16 - Nos. 39 & 43 High Street (The Village Salon & Tudor House)

House, now two dwellings. C15, remodelled C16-C17. Timber frame, tile roof, brick stacks. L-plan. Blocked C15 wooden window to left bay of first floor on the right side, has 2 cusped lights, the spandrels carved with foliage and a dragon.

{1} House, now two dwellings. C15, remodelled C16-C17. Timber frame, tile roof, brick stacks. L-plan. Through-passage with main east-west range and cross wing at eastern end. The main range (No. 43) was encased in brick and rendered and the roof altered in the C19. Main range, 2 storeys; 5 bays. Entrance in second bay from left has wood lintel, C20 door and gabled timber hood on brackets. All windows have rendered surrounds and C20 wood casements. Gabled wing extending forward from left (No. 39). Two storeys; three bays. Rendered ground floor walls, timber frame exposed on upper floor, and tile roof. The end has a cruck derived gable with arched braces from tie and collar to principals. Principals have a square-set ridge piece at the apex. Widely spaced studding with arched braces to the side wall. C20 doorway on street front with C20 shop window to left. 3-light casement window with wood lintel on the first floor. Blocked C15 wooden window to left bay of first floor on the right side, has 2 cusped lights, the spandrels carved with foliage and a dragon. Two C20 casement windows to right. Interior: No. 43 has C16/C17 chamfered cross beams with stepped ogee chamfer stops and chamfered joists in a ground floor room. Through passage with blocked doorway with wood lintel formerly leading to cross wing. A small area of timber framing in first floor wall is exposed internally. No. 39 has two pairs of crucks visible. The main range was probably an open hall into which a floor was inserted in the C16/C17. The cross wing probably contained the private rooms on the first floor with service rooms below. (P. Woodfield, The Larger Medieval Houses of Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire Archeology 1981, p.167).

{3} The house, now divided into two, comprises an east-west range and a cross wing at the eastern end, presenting a timber framed gable to the High Street.

{4} Fifteen photos dated 12.5.1963;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 19/102 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Woodfield P., 1981, The Larger Medieval Houses of Northamptonshire, p.167 (unchecked) (Article). SNN23550.

<4> Miss June Swann, 1960s- 70s, Miss June Swann Photographic Archive (Photographs). SNN116665.

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Dec 18 2024 2:07PM