Building record 1933/0/47 - No. 55 High Street

Farmhouse, now house. Probably early C18.

{1} Farmhouse, now house. Probably early C18. Limestone ashlar with ironstone dressings and slate roof. Originally 2-unit plan. 2 storeys with attic; 3-window range. Central C20 door under flat arch with keyblock. C19 and C20 casements with wood mullions and transoms under flat arch heads with keyblocks. Ironstone quoins and string course linking ground floor keyblocks. Moulded stone cornice with inscription: "Here ended the fire after spreading 214 yards 1739". Pair of flat top roof dormers. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers and stone stacks at ends. Side gables are ironstone. Interior has spine beams and open fireplace with bressumer in room to right of entrance. C19 extensions to rear.

{3} Building shown as Post Office on Ordnance Survey maps of 1885, 1900, 1926. Clearly old building which was converted for use as a post office. Structure is of stone with a slate roof; two storeys plus a dormer windows. Three bay structure with central door way and end stacks. Sign under the roof line indicates 'Here endeth the fire after spreading 214 yards 1739" Film 2, photo 12

{4} Two undated photos;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/26 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

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

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

Record last edited

Aug 27 2024 2:24PM