Building record 130/0/91 - No.2 Bridge Street

An 18th-century front on possibly earlier core. Two-storeyed colour-washed ashlar with a pedimented centrpiece breaking forward with a semi-ciruclar lunette in it and below this, on the first floor, is a Venetian window. Grade II listed

{1}A C18 front on possibly earlier core. 2-storeyed colour-washed ashlar with a pedimented centrpiece breaking forward with a semi-ciruclar lunette in it and below this, on 1st floor, is a Venetian window. Band at 1st floor and a cornice below the pediment. Brick stacks. On north side on 1st floor is a C18 sash window and a stone slate roof; shop front to ground floor. On south side of centrepiece, on 1st floor, is a C18 sash window and below this, on ground floor, a modern 3-sided bay window with sashes; tiles roof. The back is stucco; a Welsh slate roof.

{3} The 1830 map of the town depicts an L-shaped house fronting the street with two barns to the rear.In subsequent maps there are further extensions to the rear. Three-bay two storey frontage, the central bay protruding with a semi-lunette window. Below, the first floor is aVenetian window with sash windows to either side in the northern and southern bays. On the ground floor an 18th-century shop front covers the northern bay and part of the central bay, this is also the main access. A sash window remains off-centre in the central bay. The southern bay has a three cant-bay window. The building is constructed of coursed stone with brick alterations and repairs; the front and northern side are painted white with the windows and decorative details painted dark green. The rear and the northern side are bare stone, the north-eastern corner is constructed as a coach corner. The roof is slate. The building is in use by the Dental Surgery and therefore not further discussed.
To the rear is a barn extension, all internally connected. The construction is of a mix of stone and brick. The northern wall of the barn along Brewery Walk is roughly coursed limestone; it had been re-pointed with a grey-beige mortar, which made it difficult to discern any changes between potential building phases. The western end is single storey with a door inserted at a later date with a concrete lintel and brick surrounding the door jamb. To the west of the door is a window blocked with stone externally.
The eastern part of the barn was two storey, the eastern gable was a boarded stone wall, which had been rendered and painted beige; quoins were only visible on the first floor level. The western gable end of the building was bare stone, possibly original. The southern elevation of the barn could only be partly seen due to ivy and comprises a mixture of stone and brick, later alterations could be noted with the use of a mottled light red/beige brick.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1/29 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H17 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Wolframm-Murray Y., 2014, Archaeological building recording at 2 Bridge Street, Brackley, Northamptonshire, May 2014 (Report). SNN110038.

<3> Wolframm-Murray Y., 2014, Archaeological building recording at 2 Bridge Street, Brackley, Northamptonshire, May 2014 (Report). SNN110038.

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Jan 29 2019 10:39AM