Building record 4/0/20 - Former Three Tuns Public House, Whittall Street

House, formerly a pub. Built in 1690 with later extension to the south

{1} Identified by South Northamptonshire Council as being a building of historic and/or architectural significance.

{2} This building began as typical three-cell vernacular building of the area, built probably in 1690, when
it may straightway have been opened as an Inn, The Three Tuns. It comprised Kitchen, Hall and Parlour. There was an adjacent, probably secondary property, which was a domestic building, to the south, of which little but the basic plan survives. Creation of the current stair involved the joining of these two buildings, on map evidence in the period 1884-c1900. Another adjacent range of buildings on the north are known to have stood from pre-1805 until before 1922. The upstairs was probably not directly heated originally. A fireplace with cast-iron hob-grate was inserted around 1790 to 1830. Above the mantelpiece was executed a wall-painting as a focal point of the room.

{3} The former Three Tuns was probably built in 1690, but little of its interior survived unaltered. It subsumed an adjacent domestic property on the south around 1900, while buildings on the north were demolished before 1922. Of note in its interior are an over-mantel wall-painting in a first floor former bedroom, potentially c 1830, and an 18th century spit-rack downstairs over a more recent fireplace. A Sun Alliance fire insurance plaque is attached to the exterior, but its provenance could not be corroborated.

<1> SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL, 2012, South Northamptonshire Council Survey of Significant Historic Buildings, (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN108984.

<2> Soden, I and Walker, C, 2015, Heritage Asset Survey of the former 3 Tuns Public House, Whittall St, Kings Sutton (Report). SNN111337.

<3> Horne, B (editor), 2016, South Midlands Archaeology (46), p. 35 (Journal). SNN111326.

Record last edited

Jan 9 2019 2:52PM