SNN116998 - 44-46 Moulton Road Holcot, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Investigation and Recording

In August 2025, Harrison Homes and Developments Ltd commissioned Cotswold Archaeology to undertake an Historic Building Recording of 44-46 Moulton Road, Holcot, Northamptonshire. The recording is required to preserve the building by record prior to its demolition under Condition 8 (2024/5399/FULL). The building comprises a pair of semi-detached bungalows that were originally constructed as the Brixworth RDC Isolation Hospital (Fever Hospital). The building is considered a non-designated heritage asset. The purpose-built Brixworth Hospital was constructed by the Brixworth Rural District Council in 1912-1913 and opened in June 1913. It was built on a donated 2.5-acre plot, and was constructed by a local builder in a relatively simple one-storey design in a domestic brick-built Edwardian style. The hospital had space for eight patient beds, accommodation for staff and nurses, a sterilisation room, kitchen, and other storage rooms/ancillary spaces A detached laundry and mortuary block was located to the north-east of the hospital building. This was demolished in the late 20th century. The hospital closed down in the 1950s when the Northampton General Hospital became the main hospital for the Northampton area. Following closure, the building was converted into two residential bungalows. In subsequent years, the hospital's historic planform has remained legible, with the exception of some small extensions to the south-west part of the building and possibly some internal alterations to create entrances and separate the two bungalows. The building has otherwise been extensively refurbished and decorated over the years, and there are few remaining features dating to the original construction and function of the building. The notable surviving features comprise two fireplaces and one plaster ceiling rose. Some of the windows appear to be original to the 1912/1913 build, and the typology of the three timber batten and ledge doors to the north-west and north-east elevations suggests they are also probably of the same date. The results of the Level 3 building recording presented here will be archived as per the terms of the Written Scheme Investigation (Appendix 1).