22/24, WEST STREET

KINGS CLIFFE WEST STREET TL0097 (North side) 12/142 No.22/24 GV II House. Medieval origins, C17, C18 and C19. Squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. Originally hall house now a U-shaped range. 2 storeys. Elevation abutting West Street is a C19 two-window range with blank gable end of cross-wing, to left. C19 style casement windows under wood lintels. C20 door to centre is also under wood lintel. Elevation to left of cross-wing is a 3-window range. 2-window range, to centre and left, has C19 style casements, under wood lintels, at ground floor and Lincolnshire dormers at eaves. Casement window to first floor right, with glazing bars, under wood lintel. Lateral stone stack, to left of centre, has 2 ashlar flues with moulded cornice. Brick and stone stack at end. Gable end of rear range attached to far left. Rear range, originally medieval hall, is now truncated. One-window range of C20 windows, gable end to right is a similar 2-window range. Rear elevation has a 3-light stone mullion window. Interior: first floor of rear range, has cruck with one arch-braced collar, curved wind braces and shaped saddle supporting ridge piece. Range linking front and rear wings has raised cruck. 2 open fireplaces at ground flour. The medieval hall was probably subdivided C16 or C17. Used as 3 dwellings until mid C20. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p102)

Listing NGR: TL0062897189