Building record 755/0/18 - No 32 High Street (Post Office)

A two-bay, two storey building of the 17th century, refurbished and extended to provide three bays in 1771 and further modified in the 19th and 20th centuries

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

{2} Analysis & photographs.

Repeated modification has left brick and stone mixed in all areas of the building. A three bay building with a stone frontage dated 1771 has a central doorway between two bay windows. The southern ground floor room was until until recently used as a shop. The attic floor shows a roof structure similar to that at 34 and 36 in the northern bays only. The principal rafters have collars and the purlins are tenoned with a fished scarf joint through the principal. There is evidence for a former dormer window.
The southern bay is of later construction.

The beam in the central room has a stepped ogee stop to the fire stack wall. This is only decorative stop observed in the building.

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

<2> de Broise A., 2005, The Whittlewood Project: Historic Buildings Survey, Whittlebury (Report). SNN105036.

<3> Woodfield, P, 2003, The Whittlewood Project: Phase 1 rapid survey of all buildings within the 12 parishes of the survey, identifying buildings that have, or are likely to have, fabric dating from before 1700 (Report). SNN116636.

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Oct 24 2024 8:52AM