Living Stones Flore, England

Listed Building Data

Living Stones has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1031792
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
29 April 1987
Name
LIVING STONES
Location
LIVING STONES, THE AVENUE
Parish
Flore
District
Daventry
County
Northamptonshire
Grid Reference
SP 64080 60054
Easting
464080.0000
Northing
260054.0000

Listed Building Description

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FLORE THE AVENUE SP6460 (West side) 11/127 Living Stones - II Former vicarage, now house. Largely rebuilt 1815, probably by Daniel Harris of Oxford; C17 origins. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roofs, brick end and ridge stacks. Central staircase plan. 2-storey, 3-window range. Main block has central part-glazed door with round-arched head and fanlight, arch inscribed AUDE HOSPES CONTEMNERE OPES/K.M.R.T./1815. 12-pane sash window to left with stone lintel and keyblock, a pair of C19 plate glass sash windows to right with stone lintels, and 4-pane C19 sash windows to first floor with stone lintels and keyblocks. Storey band, moulded stone eaves, roof hipped to left, a stone coped gable to right with kneelers. Lower, 2-storey, 1-window wing to right has 12-pane sash windows with stone lintels and keyblocks and stone coped gable with kneelers. First floor window to right gable end with hood mould, blocked and partially covered by later brick stack to right. Service wing to rear right. Interior: staircase hall has stone floor and open well staircase with stick balusters, carved tread ends and ramped and wreathed handrail. (Peterborough Diocesan Records in Northants Record Office).

Listing NGR: SP6408060054