Building record 130/0/102 - Nos.1 & 3 Market Place

{1} One building. Originally a C18th front on a probably C17th core, now modernised as to front No 3. 2 storeyed painted stuccoed front. Welsh slate roof with 3 attic dormers, those in No 3 having triangular pediments. Modillioned eaves cornice. 5 (one blocked) sash windows in moulded keystoned frames. On south side, No 1 has a modern C18-style bow shop window. On north side, in No 3 is a modern 3 sided 2-storeyed bay window with a ground floor shop front; in the 1st floor of this bay is a casement window. The doorway of No 3 has a flat, bracketed hood. To the south is a carriageway to yard with an elliptical arch and rusticated imposts. At the back there is rubble above the carriageway and, on the east, a C19 red brick wing with a tiled roof. The back of No 3 shows a C17 rubble gable with modern and late C18-19 sash windows; on the north-east is a C17 wing; both have modern brick stacks. The back of Nos 1 and 3 has a stone slate roof.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 1/30 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

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Aug 20 2012 10:24AM