SNN107881 - Historic Building Recording and Watching Brief: Ancillary Building, The Glebe House, Marston St Lawrence, Northamptonshire

Between August and October 2011 a historic building recording and a watching brief were carried out ahead of conversion of a redundant building to residential use. The grade II ancillary building was built in the late 17th century using locally sourced building stone. The feature of the east elevation is its domestic style, with mullioned windows under hoodmoulds characteristic of the 1670s. The west elevation shows considerably less refinement in its fenestration and overall building technique. It ws episodically rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries and retains no architectural detail worthy of note. The interior has lost its first floor as well as the original roof. The floor joists have survived and appear to be early 17th century re-used timbers with lambs tongue chamfer stops. The timbers supporting the present roof are probably 19th century. There are no features surviving within the building to indicate specific use. However, the lower status of the building is demonstrated in the use of two or more timber lintels within the reveals rather than stone lintels as is the case in the adjacent Coach House. The watching brief revealed a considerable amount of made ground as well as the remains of a probable pathway to the west of the building and a possible garden feature to the northeast.