Building record 3340/0/1 - No. 1 Castle Ashby Road

{1} House, formerly manse. Early C19 with older origins. Limestone ashlar, slate roof, brick end stacks. 2-unit central-staircase plan. 2-storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central panelled, part-glazed door with moulded wood surround in C19 timber trellis porch. Sash windows to ground and 1st floor with dressed stone sills. Door and windows have segmental-arched heads with moulded key blocks. Plinth, quoins, storey band and ironstone-coped gable to left with kneelers. Right gable end adjoins United Reform Church (q,v.). Interior has stop-chamfered spine beams. Dog-leg stair from ground floor to attic and back stair from ground to 1st floors.

{3} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 17/170 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Yardley Hastings (Photographs). SNN114340.

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Nov 23 2022 11:11AM