Building record 638/4/1 - No. 44 Sheaf Street (Wheatsheaf Hotel)

Hotel. Early C17, refronted early to mid C19. Stucco. Hipped slate roof. Brick ridge stacks. Courtyard plan.

{1} Hotel. Early C17, refronted early to mid C19. Stucco. Hipped slate roof. Brick ridge stacks. Courtyard plan. 2 storey plus attic. 6-window range. Wide entrance to left has panelled double doors under wood lintel. Entrance to right has semi-circular arched stone surrounds. Tripartite door. Overlight. 6 sash windows to first floor, one blocked. Glazing bars and wood frames. 7 similar windows to attic. Rusticated painted long and short stone quoins. Painted plinth. Moulded wood eaves cornice. 4-win :> ord Street. Interior reported as having a good C17 staircase. Included partly for historical interest.

{3} Early C17, refronted early to mid C19. Stucco road front, hipped Welsh slated roof. 3 storeys, 7 sash windows in reveals. Tall plinth, rusticated quoins. Arched doorway wide carriage entrance. Tiled roofed back wings, central courtyard. Interior includes rooms (said to retain original panelling) used by Charles I before battle of Naseby. Painted canvas ornament reputed to survive in one room. Good C17 staircase. Included partly for historical interest.

{4} Undated photo;

{5} Photo possibly 1947;

{6} Wheatsheaf, Sheaf Street
Wheatsheaf Hotel (grade 2* listed building) on the corner of Sheaf Street / New Street was a prestigious coaching inn in the town. Original building of 17th century construction. Some of the rooms used by Charles I prior to Battle of Naseby. The building has been rendered and is now used as a nursing home. Film 7 photo 17-23.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1/79 (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> ENGLISH HERITAGE, Ongoing, National Heritage List for England, (checked) (Website). SNN107872.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Daventry (Photographs). SNN111630.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Daventry (Photographs). SNN112541.

<6> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN4.

Record last edited

Aug 16 2022 11:22AM