Building record 503/0/68 - Nos 6, 8 and 10 West Street

Locally listed buildings.

{1} Nos. 6, 8 and 10 West Street is a range of three buildings, no. 6 being of three storeys and 8 and 10 being of two storeys. They are built in reddish/orange brick but the front elevation of no. 10 also
uses burned brick to create a chequered pattern. At the centre of the range there is a wide arched opening that leads through to a courtyard area behind; a feature that is characteristic of other
buildings in Welford, especially along High Street. Within the courtyard there are cattle ties which may be related to the former use of no. 8 as a butcher’s shop. Anomalies in the brick work on the front elevation of no. 10 suggests that it may have been altered to create a shallower roof line and that it once had a steeper pitch. This in turn suggests that the building may have previously been thatched. The side elevation of the building may be built from rendered cob and the front elevation may, in fact, be a later re-facing of the earlier building. The buildings have decorative flat-headed brick arched lintels above the windows and doors. No. 8 has a larger window with a wooden lintel on the ground floor that may have been a shop window when the building was a butcher’s.

<1> Daventry District Council, 2020, Welford Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, p. 63-64 (Policy Document). SNN112019.

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Feb 20 2025 4:16PM