Building record 1681/45 - 43 High Street

Buildings that make up 43 High Street; agricultural in origin Summary from record 1681/45/1: A long low building of thinly-coursed rubble stone under a pantile roof. Datestone of 1791, but may have been changed from 1591

{1} Building recording survey was undertaken prior to the conversion of agricultural buildings to domestic use. The buildings that make up the older portions of 43 High Street have been considerably altered to accommodate new uses. They appear to have agricultural origins and are of fairly traditional 19th century form for the area, using the local hard pale limestone in thinly coursed rubblestone with plain gabled pantiled roofs. The main interest is the odd division of the property – set back behind street front buildings in a now separate curtilage – and the evidence of the short lived and apparently virtually unrecorded ‘grist mill’ that appears to have been built early in the 20th century and subsequently been demolished to leave little or no traces.
Of the standing buildings, the West Range (Building A) is the most interesting – as it seems to incorporate three historic phases of construction, the last probably dating to the mid-19th century. It has a date-stone which, superficially, seems to read ‘HTM 1791’. However, closer examination of the stone suggests that the ‘7’ has been cut to replace an earlier ‘5’ - and both the ‘1s’ have a short cross-bar that could well be in keeping with a 1591 date. The building itself is clearly the result of a very radical rebuild which seems later than either date.
The Central Range (Building B) could have been associated with the street front house which it butts against, No.41 High Street, and possibly even have incorporated some domestic space originally. The other buildings – The South Range (Building C), North Range (Building D) and the part of the East Range (Building E) – are brick built and date to the very end of the 19th century.
The interiors of all the buildings have been considerably altered through adaptive reuse and their main significance is in their contribution to the character and setting of the conservation area.

<1> Morriss, R.K., 2015, 43 High Street, Brigstock, Northamptonshire: An architectural and archaeological analysis and survey (Report). SNN110199.

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Oct 19 2023 10:13AM