Building record 638/0/49 - No. 52 (Granmead Florist) and No. 54 (C.E. Cheshire Butcher) High Street

A late 18th-century house, now two shops.

{1} House, now 2 shop premises. One build. Late C18 with later alterations. Pebbledash Welsh-slate roof. Brick internal stack. 2-unit plan altogether. 2 storeys plus attic. 2-window range. Entrances have 2 glazed doors. C20 shop fronts. Plank door to right has wood doorframe. Cased wood shop fronts with awnings. First floor has canted bay window to left and bowed window to right. Glazing bars. Attic has a tripartite sash and a sash window. Dentilled brick eaves console. Interior not inspected. Included for group value.

{3} Late C18. Pebbledash on brick. 2 storeys, 2 sash windows with glazing bars, 1st floor windows 3 light, bow on right, canted bay on left. Early C19 shop fronts with modern glazing. Included for group value.

{4} A level 2 building recording survey of the range of buildings to the rear of 54 High Street prior to conservation and conversion to residential use. Cartographic sources suggest 54b & 54c occupy the footprint of an earlier building, the only physical evidence of which is the stone east-facing elevation. However, the building has undergone extensive, if not total, 19th-century re-building work, leaving an essentially 19th-century building of limited architectural value. Documentary evidence of the building's past dates back to 1787 and includes uses as a brewhouse, shop, schoolroom, public house (known as 'The Warwick House') and butchers.

{6} Photo possibly 1947;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1/38 (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> English Heritage, 2000, Listed Buildings Online, 1/38 (checked) (Database). SNN105526.

<4> Richards, G., 2018, An archaeological Standing Building Survey: 54b & 54c High Street, Daventry, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN111488.

<5> Crank, N. (Editor), 2019, South Midlands Archaeology (49), p. 66 (Journal). SNN111755.

<6> Photographs of buildings in Daventry (Photographs). SNN112541.

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Jun 30 2021 11:50AM