Description

TL 82 NE WHITE COLNE COLNEFORD HILL (south-east side)

6/195 Colneford House 7.8.52

GV II*

House. 1685, for George and Elizabeth Toller. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. L-plan facing NW. Original stair tower and C20 extension to rear. C17 wing to NE. C16 red brick chimney stacks, one central and one external on NE end wall. 2 storeys and attics. 5-window range of C20 leaded casements, many re-using parts of the originals. C20 square bay window at SW end. Early C19 gabled dormer window at SW end, with leaded lights and Gothick 2-centred heads. Ornamental pargetting with elaborate design of conventional foliage, strapwork and foliated borders, accurately restored in 1986. Cartouche inscribed 1685 GET. Internally the frame is virtually complete, with stop-chamfered bridging joists throughout. Late C15 moulded joists re-used in C17 rear wing. There are double top plates with halved and bladed scarfs, clasping the tiebeams and attic floor joists. Roof is framed, staggered side-purlins with collars to principal rafters. C17 rear wing has simple lodged side-purlin roof with yoked collars. There are a number of late C17 bolection-moulded fire surrounds in wood and marble, and all main ground-floor rooms have panelling of the same date. Many late C17 doors, most with original work. Original open well staircase with turned balusters, square handrail, and ball finials to newel posts. Staircase now terminates at first floor, but part of the top survives at attic level. Main chimney stack has re-used C15 mantel beam with cambered top, in centre room. Besides the high quality and complete nature of the detailing, this is the most important example of C17 pargetting in the county, and one of the most important in south-east England. (Bankaert, The Art of the Plasterer, 1909). RCHM 23.

Listing NGR: TL8681929068

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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