Building record 1933/8/1 - Charity House and attached walls

Girls school, now house. Datestone 1712. Squared coursed ironstone with plain-tile roof. Established by Sir Gilbert Dolben and his family for the purpose of maintaining and educating poor girls.

{1} Girls school, now house. Datestone 1712. Squared coursed ironstone with plain-tile roof. Orignally probably 4 unit plan. 2 storeys with attic and cellar; 7-window range. Central C19 plank door has moulded stone surround with segmental pediment and central cartouche. 4-light wood-mullion and transom cross windows are C19 or C20 replacements in original openings under wood lintels. 2-light wood-mullion cellar window to left. Pair of flat-topped stone dormer windows with C19 casements. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers with stone stacks at ridge and end. Inscription over door "The charity school for girls Anno Dom 1712". Rear similar with 4-light wood-mullion and transom staircase window with stained glass. Interior has C18 staircase with barley twist balustrade and room to right of entrance has open fireplace with bressumer. Ironstone walls attached, enclose small front garden and are linked by central cast-iron gates. Endowed as a school for girls by Sir Gilbert Dolben.

{3} Well designed two-storey house with slated roof erected in 1712. Established by Sir Gilbert Dolben and his family for the purpose of maintaining and educating poor girls. The building is still standing and in use as a domestic residence. Film 3, photo 3, 4.

{4} Three undated photos, also one photo dated July 1985;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 7/19 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G04 p.9 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100394.

<3> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period, (checked) (Digital archive). SNN4.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Finedon (Photographs). SNN111732.

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