Building record 4679/6/2 - Post Medieval/Modern Outbuilding Range For Blisworth House

A small outbuilding or annex at Blisworth House in stone and brick, constructed after 1831 and subsequently altered and repaired. There are no certain original fixtures or fittings.

{1} The outbuildings comprise of a north-south range of buildings sub-divided into four separate rooms and a cross passage between the northern room and the three to the south. The range seems to have been built in a single operation using local stone bonded with lime mortar. However, the west and south walls of the northern barn are of brick and have clearly been added at a much later date. The insertion of the southern brick wall formed the cross passage. These brick insertions would suggest that the northern end of the range was originally an open barn or shed.

NB: Mapinfo does not correspond with the plan provided by A1 Archaeology, or with Google Earth, therefore monument and event locations approximate.

{3} This small outbuilding or annex, constructed during a seven year period, 1831-8, was built to serve
the gardens and the stable-yard of Blisworth House. It may have begun as a carriage house and gardener’s or groom’s office, with garden rooms attached. Changes in use saw the previously openfronted carriage house infilled, interiors opened up, and historic fixtures and fittings lost. An intermediate tack-room usage characterised the northern room for a while. The importance of the building and its very distinct east- and west-facing service aspects, towards ‘house’ in one direction and towards ‘stables’ and ‘gardens’ in the other has been lost during the 20th century and the building is now little-used except for storage.

<1> Wilson N., 2011, Report for Archaeological Monitoring and Recording at Blisworth House, Blisworth, Northamptonshire, p.6-13 (checked) (Report). SNN107882.

<2> SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL, 2012, South Northamptonshire Council Survey of Significant Historic Buildings, (checked) (Catalogue). SNN108984.

<3> Soden, I., 2016, A Level 2 Building Record of an outbuilding or annex at Blisworth House, Church Lane, Blisworth, Northamptonshire, June 2016, checked (Report). SNN110461.

<4> Crank, N. (Editor), 2017, South Midlands Archaeology (47), p. 36 (Journal). SNN111362.

Record last edited

Jun 10 2019 10:55AM