Building record 3738/0/25 - No.28 West Street

15th century house. West Street, Earls Barton

{1} Includes Nos.6 and 8 Campbell Square. House, now house and surgery. C16 and C18 with C20 alterations. Coursed lias rubble with asbestos tile roof. Originally hall house, now, 2-storey, 5-window, range of irregularly spaced C20 casements, some in original openings. Early wood lintel to first floor left and ground floor centre. C20 door to left of centre. Ashlar gable parapets and kneelers; that to left has a carved face. Brick stack at end. Left gable has shallow corbelled projection with some ashlar quoins. Similar wing attached to rear was originally separate cottages. Interior has chamfered and moulded raised cruck and some original stud frame walls. Central cross wall said to have smoke staining and may be the original smoke screen. Roof said to have wind braces.

{2} House built in the 16th and 18th centuries and had alterations in the 20th century. Originally hall house,now, 2-storey, 5 window, range of irregularly spaced 20th century casements. Now house and surgery.

{4} House in West Street, of stone construction with 4 bays. The present walls probably relate to a 1628 refurbishment but the basic structure and roof originate in the 15th century

{7} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 19+20/40 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G05 p.16 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100394.

<3> Bond A., 2001, 6/8 Campbell Square, Earls Barton, (part checked) (Photographs). SNN105489.

<4> Woodfield P., 1981, The Larger Medieval Houses of Northamptonshire, 16/167-9 (checked) (Article). SNN23550.

<5> HET Buildings Conservation Team, 1993-2006, Buildings Planning Files, E122/2/11 (part checked) (HET Planning File (Buildings)). SNN105512.

<6> 1992, REPORT FORM, (unchecked) (Note). SNN58174.

<7> Photographs of buildings in Earls Barton (Photographs). SNN111649.

Record last edited

Jan 20 2023 2:23PM