Description

NORTHAMPTON STREET
(East side)

No.27
(Formerly Listed as:
NORTHAMPTON STREET
(East side)
Nos.23-31 (Consec))
05/08/75

GV II

House. After 1819. By GP Manners.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar to front and rear, double pile roof, parapeted to front, with concrete tiles to front and rear, two ashlar stacks with early clay pot to front, on coped party wall to right. Staircase to rear.
EXTERIOR: Three storeys and basement, single window front. First floor has three/three-horned sash in splayed reveal with stone sill with wrought iron balconette. Second floor has one plate glass horned sash and one two/two-sash in splayed reveals with stone sills. Ground floor has to right two/two-horned sash in splayed reveal with stone sill, to left six-panel door with reeded panels and fielded panels with voided corners with plate glass fanlight in round headed splayed reveal with incised number 27, probably C19, and wrought iron footscraper attached to right. Basement has two/two-horned sash in splayed reveal partially above ground and with grating in pavement. Moulded cornice over first floor, lintel at eaves and coped parapet. Rear elevation, partially visible, has two/two and glazing bar sashes.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: Northampton Street and adjacent development commenced c1791 to design of Thomas Baldwin as trustee to William Pulteney, continued from 1794 after bankruptcy of principal contractors with elevations on leases signed by Thomas Chantry and John Pinch (his first major work), completed after 1819, plans and elevations on leases of 12 and 25 signed by GP Manners. Bomb damage in 1942 and subsequent redevelopment have major impact on lower part of street.
SOURCES: Country Life: 6 November 1980: Francis Kelly: Apology for an Eyesore: 1687-1692; .

Listing NGR: ST7462165615

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674971

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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