Description

HACKLETON HORTON
SP8154, SP85SW
21/106, 8/106 Captains Court, Nos.1-6
03/05/65 (consecutive)
(Formerly listed as Captains
Court (6 flats))

GV II

Former stable block, now terrace of 6 houses. Mid C18, converted and altered
C20. Red brick in Flemish bond with flared headers, limestone dressings, slate
mansard roofs to wings, C20 concealed roof to central pavilion, brick ridge
stacks. Tripartite composition. 3-storey, 3-window central pavilion flanked by
2-storey, 7-window wings. Main front to south has tall central round-headed
rusticated carriage arch, now glazed, flanked by leaded wood mullion and transom
windows to ground and 1st floors with moulded stone sills, plain stone surrounds
and keyblocks. C20 wood mullion and transom windows to wings with similar
surrounds, alternating with round-headed rusticated doorways. 2-light leaded
casement windows to 1st floor of wings and attic floor of central pavilion with
similar moulded stone sills, plain stone surrounds and keyblocks. Plinth,
rusticated angles to wings and central pavilion which breaks forward, 1st floor
storey bands and stone-coped parapets. Wings have C20 roof dormers, central
pavilion has coved and moulded wood cornice at 2nd floor level, moulded stone
cornice to base of parapet which has pilaster strips to angles and urns to
corners of parapet. North front to rear has similar composition, differing-in
some details: central pavilion has 2 circular windows above spandrels of archway
with plain stone surrounds and no wood cornice at attic floor level; wings have
C20 entrance porches of Nos.1-6 to this side, no parapets and windows with
moulded stone sills only and gauged brick lintels with stone key blocks. Modern
extension to eastern wing.
(Buildings of England: Northamptonshire: 1973, p264)

Listing NGR: SP8199154273

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293477

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