Building record 3884/0/146 - No. 21 High Street and Kightly Building Contractors

{1} House, now shop and office. Mid C18. Brick with stone quoins, now painted, and C20 plain-tile roof. Originally 2-unit plan. 2 storeys with attic and cellar. 5-window range, now 3, with casements in original openings under flat arch heads with keyblocks. Central C20 door has C19 wooden doorcase with plain pilasters and entablature and flight of steps. C20 door to far right and C20 shop front to left. 2-light cellar window to right of main entrance. Moulded stone cornice and pair of dormer windows. Gable parapet to right and brick stacks at ridge and end. Interior not inspected.

{3} Kelly's Directory records Henry Fowler, grocer and shoe manufacturer, at 21 High Street in 1877, and as grocer in 1890.

{4} Three undated photos;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/107 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

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

<3> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Site 31 9checked) (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Wellinborough (Photographs). SNN115387.

Record last edited

Sep 6 2023 11:13AM