Building record 2881/0/43 - 20 West Street

Situated on the northern side of West Street is a house constructed in 1837 of coursed rubble with a Collyweston slate roof. The building is two stories high with stone flat arched openings containing casement windows. A central datestone on the upper floor is octagonal with the inscription WPM 1837.

{2} No 20, originally a pair, two storeys, class 4c. Date-panel 'WPM 1837'.

[To the east were: No. 15, a 17th-century probable former farm building and a ruinous 17th or early 18th century building which was ruinous in 1984. Both now demolished.]

{3} A house constructed in 1837 of coursed rubble with a Collyweston slate roof. The building is two stories high with stone flat arched openings containing casement windows. A central datestone on the upper floor is octagonal with the inscription WPM 1837. The building was originally a two unit plan but has now been amalgamated and much altered.

<1> 1820, Easton on the Hill Inclosure Map 15 (NRO Map 2895; BEO M399), (unchecked) (Map). SNN102482.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 60/site 59 (& 60, 61) (Series). SNN77384.

<3> Historic England, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments- Building File, BF084089-20 WEST STREET, EASTON ON THE HILL (Oral Report). SNN71057.

<4> Historic England, Undated, 20 WEST STREET, EASTON ON THE HILL, BF084089-20 WEST STREET, EASTON ON THE HILL (Archive). SNN114562.

Record last edited

Jan 10 2023 9:00AM