Building record 4140/8/1 - Windhovers, Station Road

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Summary

Vicarage, now house. c.1830

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

{1} Vicarage, now house. c.1830. Limestone ashlar with slate roof. Double depth plan. 2 storeys. Main front of 4-window range of sash windows with glazing bars, some are tripartite, all under flat stone arches. 6-panel door to left of centre with moulded stone arch-head surround and fanlight with radiating bars behing glazing. Wall around door breaks forward and returns above door with chamfered plinth. Bay to far left breaks forward as gabled cross wing. Bay to right of centre also breaks forward slightly with a gable. Shallow gabled roof with ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and ashlar stacks at ridge and end. Garden front is similar. Interior: staircase with stick balustrade and marble fireplaces.

{3} Undated photo;


<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 10/99 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1992, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K06 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN46686.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Gretton (Photographs). SNN111741.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Digital archive: Clews Architects. 1980s. Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire. h:heritage\smr\historic buildings database. historic.mdb. Clews Architects. 10/99 (checked).
  • <2> Catalogue: 1992. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"). District of Corby (K06). Dept. of Environment. K06 (unchecked).
  • <3> Photographs: Photographs of buildings in Gretton.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 89741 94368 (24m by 24m) Central
Civil Parish GRETTON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Corby District)

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Record last edited

Jan 7 2025 1:05PM

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