No. 32 And Attached Railings

NORTHAMPTON STREET (East side) No.32 and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: NORTHAMPTON STREET (East side) Nos.32 AND 33 Area railings to Nos 32 and 33) 05/08/75

GV II

House. c1799 with C19 and C20 additions. Leased 25th March 1799, and built probably to designs by John Pinch the Elder. MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar to front, rubble to basement, ashlar and rubble to rear, Welsh slate double pile parapeted mansard roof with coped brick party wall to right with Render and ashlar stack to front, brick and ashlar stack to rear, with early clay pots. Staircase to rear. EXTERIOR: Three storeys, attic and basement, three-window front. First floor has three six/six-sashes in plain reveals. Second floor has three similar windows. Ground floor has two similar sashes with stone sills to right, six-panel door with beaded and fielded panels with C20 fanlight in round headed plain reveal to left, pennant paved crossover flush with pavement with C19 cast iron foot-scraper. Basement has two six/six-sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills, C20 door infilling under crossover, limestone area steps with wrought iron handrail. Double dormer with two six/six-sashes. Band course over ground floor, weathered sill bands to first floor and second floor, frieze, dentil eaves cornice and coped parapet. Rear elevation, partially visible, has glazing bar sashes. INTERIOR: Not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached wrought iron railings and gate with shaped tops on painted limestone bases. HISTORY: Northampton Street was built on the pleasure grounds of No.14 Royal Crescent, the property of Charles Hamilton. Purchased by the Pulteney Estate in 1791, surveyed by Thomas Baldwin, but plans by Thomas Chantry in 1795 and John Pinch the Elder (his first major work), in 1799 superseded his. By 1800 there were 17 houses in Northampton Street, and this will have been one of them. SOURCES: Country Life: 6 November 1980: Francis Kelly: Apology for an Eyesore: 1687-1692.

Listing NGR: ST7460965589