Some Of The Interesting Buildings And Structures In Higham Ferrers
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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 Time: 4:55 AM
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Higham Ferrers is a market town in the English county of Northamptonshire. Located in the Nene Valley, Higham Ferrers has a number of interesting structures and buildings.
Number 67 Higham Road in Higham Ferrers is a Grade II listed building that is believed to be the birth place of the Archbishop of Canterbury of 1414 to 1448. Named Henry Chichele, he founded Chichele College and Bede House.
The War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure on the Market Square in Higham Ferrers. The War Memorial is made of limestone ashlar. ‘Ashlar’ is an architectural term describing squared off blocks of stone used in building work. The War Memorial is around sixteen metres north of the Town Hall. It is set in a pier of rectangular shape with rusticated sides. Rustication is the architectural feature where the limestone blocks are squared off for fitting together but retain a rough stone outer surface. These are often used for ground floors of buildings or structures like signs and memorials to provide them with visual weight and texture. The War Memorial has an inscription that pays tribute to the brave men of Higham Ferrers who died in the First World War of 1914-18. The War Memorial features a sculpted figure representing Peace on its front panel. The side panels of the War Memorial feature laurel wreaths.
Hind Stile is a Grade II listed house in Higham Ferrers that was built in the mid eighteenth century. The building is built from regular coursed limestone and has a plain tiled roof. It was restored in the mid twentieth century, and the inside of the building has a number of interesting architectural features including the original open fireplace. The windows have casements that are situated in the original window openings and feature wooden lintels.
Number 11 Market Square, Higham Ferrers is a Grade II listed structure which was originally one house but has now been split into two residential properties. It was built in the fifteenth century and extensively remodeled in the eighteenth century. Number 11 Market Square, Higham Ferrers, is built from squared coursed limestone and the doors and windows have wooden lintels. There is a gable parapet which provides architectural interest. The inside of one of the houses has the benefit of an excellent internal roof structure made up of two bays. The full Mediaeval architectural splendor can be seen in all its glory, including carved wooden cornices, corbels, colonettes and arch-braced trusses. The original building had a mediaeval hall, which was divided into two halves. This is likely to have taken place in the seventeenth or eighteenth centuries.
Numbers 32, 34 and 36 Market Square, Higham Ferrers are Grade II listed buildings. They were built in the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries of standard coursed limestone with roofs made of slate. Number 36 is believed to feature a priest hole. Priest holes are hiding places that were built into some houses during the sixteenth century when Catholics were being persecuted in England. The houses in which priest holes were built would have been owned by Roman Catholics.
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