Building record 1223/0/14 - No. 104 High Street (The Old Social)

Early 18th century house possibly built by the Dukes of Grafton as part of their estate. A rear range, originally stables with hay loft above, was remodelled in the late 19th/early 20th century to provide a vilage meeting hall.

{1} House. C.1700 with C19 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, plain-tile roof and massive ridge stack with 3 brick flues to stone base. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. 3-unit lobby-entry plan. C20 door to left of centre with moulded wood surround, straight hood and wood lintel. 16-pane sash windows to ground and 1st floors with wood lintels. Stone-coped gables with kneelers. Interior has ogee-stop-chamfered spine beams.

{4} Undated photo, also photo dated 29.10.1993.

{5} A targeted building recording was carried out which revealed a probable late 18th/19th-century bread oven within an earlier inglenook.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 15/109 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F11 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Prentice, J, 2019, A Heritage Asset Survey of The Old Social, 104 High Street, Potterspury, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN112723.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Potterspury (Photographs). SNN112957.

<5> Bradbury, F, 2021, 104 High Street, Pottersbury, Northamptonshire, Targeted Building Recording (Report). SNN113545.

Record last edited

May 30 2022 3:45PM