Building record 3884/0/152 - Leighton House

{1} Town house, now office. Late C18. Squared coursed ironstone with slate roof. Double-depth plan. 3 storeys. 5-window range. Central 6-panelled door with large fanlight and and C19 moulded wood hood with pediment and dentilled cornice. Sash windows reducing in height at second floor. Those at first and second flour have glazing bars; all have rusticatec stucco surrounds. Rusticated stucco quoins and moulded stone cornice. Ashlar gable parapets and stone stacks at ends. Rear is similar: 2 storeys with eaves parapet; large C19 single storey projection to left. Interior: Entrance hall has flight of steps leading to a square lobby with a plain vaulted ceiling. Same 6-panelled doors at ground floor. All ground and first floor rooms have panelled window reveals.


{6}Leighton House photographed to compliment drawings submitted as part of an application for listed building consent. The interior was largely disappointing, the office conversion of earlier years had brought about a somewhat austere institutionalised feeling. Features of note included : - Ornate plasterwork in a reception room to the rear (left hand side of rear elevation in extended room); panelled window shutters, doors and architracing; unaltered cellars (the roof space was not inspected).

{5} Two undated photos;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 10+11/113 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<1> 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p.48 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN46476.

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

<2> ELLISON M., 1998, PHOTOGRAPHS, (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN52289.

<3> ELLISON M., 1998, SMR REPORT FORM, (unchecked) (Notes). SNN49129.

<3> Walker C., 2012, Archaeological Desk-Based Heritage Assessment of Land at High Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire December 2012, (unchecked) (Report). SNN109268.

<4> RICHARD GALEY AND PARTNERS, 1998, PLAN, (unchecked) (Plan). SNN59115.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Wellinborough (Photographs). SNN115387.

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