Listed Building: No. 6 (Berryside) and No. 8 (The Nutshell) (1357481)

House, now 2 dwellings. Datestone I.S./1648, C18 and C19. Squared coursed and part banded limestone, now part rendered. Collyweston slate, Welsh slate and concrete tile roofs. Originally probably T-shape plan. Single storey with attic. Main front of 3 bays. Centre bay breaks forward as gabled cross-wing. Bay to right adjoins on line of gable end and is probably a later addition. 3 C20 casement windows, under wood lintels, and one similar window in return wall of cross-wing, has rendered head. Doorway to left of cross-wing has moulded stone surround and 4-centred arch-head, with cornice above. Hipped eaves dormers, to far right and to return wall of cross-wing, and Lincolnshire dormer to left; all with C20 casements. Ashlar gable parapets and brick and stone stacks at ridge and end. Centre bay has Collyweston slate roof. Datestone in the form of a shield, to left of window at ground floor left. Right gable has part-glazed door under wood lintel and C19 casement above, also under wood intel. Cross-wing extends to rear and has C20 dormer windows. Interior not inspected but probably has remains of open fireplace. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p128)

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Apr 29 2022 3:13PM