Building record 1221/0/48 - Nos. 3, 5 and 7 Moorend Road

{1} Row of 3 cottages, formerly five cottages. Late C17 (one dated 1671) and C18, altered C19 and C20. Coursed limestone rubble, thatch roof, brick end and ridge stacks. 2-storey, 4-window range. Probably all one-unit plans originally. Plank door to No. 3, C20 doors to Nos. 5 and 7 and blocked doors to right of centre and to left of door to No. 3, all with wood lintels. 3-light casement windows to ground floor, with wood lintels. 2-light casements to 1st floor in eyebrow dormers. 2-storey, 1-window mid C19 extension to right with slate roof and C20 casements. Interior: No. 3 has ogee-stop-chamfered and chamfered spine beams and two open fireplaces with chamfered bressumers. No. 7 has chamfered spine beam and open fireplace with stop-chamfered bressumer. Datestone to right gable of No. 5 now in attic of No. 7 inscribed 1672/1H AH.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 14/160 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> Photographs of buildings in Yardley Gobion (Photographs). SNN114339.

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Nov 16 2022 12:12PM