Description

SP 99 NW,
3/161

LAXTON,
MAIN STREET (North side),
Stafford Knot House

II

Former public house, now house. Early C19 extended C20. Probably by Humphry Repton and
John Addey Repton for George Freke Evans. Squared coursed limestone with
Collyweston slate roof. Originally irregular U-shape plan. Two storeys with
attic. Main front is a 3-window range of leaded casements with diamond panes
under shallow stone arches. Centre bay breaks forward with gable over and barge
boards. Flanking first floor windows have gablets over, with similar
bargeboards. Single stormy parch attached to right, has C20 door. Elevation to
left of main front is of 2-window range with gable and bargeboards to right and
similar gablet to left. Windows to right are blind. C20 single storey extension
to centre rear. Lateral stone stack to rear. Interior not inspected but room to
left noted as having reset C17 fireplace with 4-centred arch head. Originally
the Stafford Knot Public House.
(RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p. 114)

Listing NGR: SP9496896160

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26527377

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