Description

SP9978 THRAPSTON MIDLAND ROAD
(East side)

16/183 East Northamptonshire District
Council Stores, Cleansing
Department and Document Store

- II

Workhouse, now Local Authority offices and stores, c.1836 by M.J. Donthorne.
Squared coursed limestone, with ashlar facades and dressings, and slate roofs.
Originally four 3-sided courtyards. 2 storeys. Main front of 13 bays. Centre and
end bays break forward as cross wings forming sides of 2 courtyards. Centre
cross wing has gabled end with 7-light stone-mullion window at first floor, with
arch-head lights and transoms. Similar pair of 2-light windows at ground floor.
Chamfered and corbelled corners and ashlar gable parapet with octagonal finial.
Return wall has stone-mullion windows and lateral stack with octagonal flues.
5-window ranges, flanking either side, of 2-light stone-mullion windows with
transoms at ground floor and gablets over at first floor. Return walls of
flanking cross wings are similar 3-window ranges. Right cross wing has C20
lean-to extension. Rear elevations of main range are each of 5-window ranges.
Central rear wing attached at right angles of 6-window range. Various casements,
at first floor, under scored stone lintels with keyblocks. Various C20 openings
at ground floor. Intersection of main cross wings is octagonal and has 2
doorways, to rear elevation, with 4-centred arch-heads; giving access to
through-passage between courtyards. Interior: central staircase with stick
balustrade. Masters office, to front of central cross wing, has C19 fireplace
and panelled window reveals. First floor hall of main cross wing has arch-head
stone surrounds to windows. The third side of the 2 rear courtyards was
demolished about 1900. W.J. Donthorne was also architect for No.78 (The Old
Rectory), High Street (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SP9962178143

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26520920

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)