Monument record 3738/20/2 - Stone and brick building (now demolished)

A single storey stone and slate roofed building. Now demolished

{1} The lower single storey structure on the northerly side corresponds with the probable open fronted building shown on the 1772 map and the 1885 Ordnance Survey map. The online street view image indicates that it was probably built from coursed rubble ironstone with a slate roof. Most of the slates were missing which appears to have caused a great deal of weather damage to the roof structure. Parts of the roof structure were visible and suggest that the timbers were quite substantial and consisted of a central king post and two queen posts supporting the principal rafters. The size of the timbers is consistent with the strength required for an open-fronted cart shed type building. There was the suggestion of a blocked window at the southern end but otherwise there did not appear to be any other openings, or blocked openings out onto High Street. The lower building butted against the taller steep-pitched roof building at an odd angle which suggests that the buildings were built at different dates although it is not clear which was the oldest. There are no internal views or views of the south east facing elevation.

<1> Hyam, A., 2014, A retrospective Level 2 Historic Building Recording and Trial Trench Evaluation at Butchers Yard, 2 High Street, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, p.10 (Report). SNN110193.

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Oct 19 2023 10:01AM