Building record 2853/0/170 - No. 20 Park Street, King's Cliffe

Shop with store above, with datestone of 1838. Now house. Constructed of coursed rubble with freestone dressings and double pitch slate roofs with end chimney stacks. It has a shop front with a central door flanked by large shop windows with a three light casement window above. The side elevation has three blocked doors to the ground floor beneath a loft door between two casement windows under segmental arches.

{1} Nos. 20, shop with store above; panel inscribed 'IM 1838', probably built for Isaac Middleton;

{2} The site of a post medieval house and shop built between 1836 (HER no 2853/0/156) and 1838. The buildings are constructed of coursed rubble with freestone dressings and double pitch slate roofs with end chimney stacks. The house has a symmetrical three window front of sliding sash windows in freestone surrounds, above a dressed central door that is flanked by similar sash windows. The shop is located to the east and has a shop front with a central door flanked by large shop windows with a three light casement window above. The side elevation has three blocked doors to the ground floor beneath a loft door between two casement windows under segmental arches. The two buildings share a building file but there is no known relationship between them.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.101/site 38, Plate 122 (Series). SNN77384.

<2> Historic England, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments- Building File (Oral Report). SNN71057.

<3> Historic England, Undated, 20-22 PARK STREET, KINGS CLIFFE, BF084156 (Archive). SNN114435.

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Feb 17 2025 6:59PM