Building record 638/6/1 - Premises occupied by Ivan Cawood and Co. (Auction Rooms)

Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 1824 in Neoclassical style. Stucco, Welsh slated roof behind parapet and pediment. 2 storeys, plinth, and cornice. 2 fold central door in rusticated stone surround with 2 pilasters. Interior has gallery to 3 sides on cast iron colonnettes. Now an auction house.

{1} Methodist chapel, now offices. 1824. Stucco. Welsh-slate roof behind parapet and pediment. 2 storeys. 3-window range. Central entrance has rusticated stone surround with pilasters. Double door. Arched upper windows and pedimented gable. Interior reported as containing a gallery to 3 sides on cast iron colonnettes. Interior not inspected. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.173).

{4} Wesleyan Methodist Church, New Street
The building is a large structure of two storeys and three bays which was erected in 1824. The building is now being utilised by 'Freddies Pub' and has been considerably altered. Film 2 Photo 19. (1)

{5} Stone with rendered three-bay front, rusticated surround to central entrance between thin pilasters, platband between terminal pilasters, round-arched upper windows and pedimental gable with altered tablet dated 1824.

{6} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1/59 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), D06B (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN4.

<5> The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1986, Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-Houses: Northamptonshire & Oxfordshire, p. 138/site 21 (Report). SNN2902.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Daventry (Photographs). SNN111630.

Record last edited

Aug 16 2022 3:42PM