Listed Building: The Cottage (5/162)

House, former farmhouse. C18. Remodelled 1912 by Alan James for F.E. Smith first Earl of Birkenhead. Coursed limestone and ironstone rubble, ironstone dressings, slate roof, brick stacks. Revived late C17 style. 2 storeys and attic, 11 bays. 3-bay centre piece framed by giant pilasters, central doorway (now window) with stone segmental pediment. 2-light wood mullioned and transomed windows in plain stone frames. Bronze plaque dated 1912 above doorway and bronze cherub in niche. Stone plaques on either side with intials, F.E.S. and M.E.S. Deeply moulded entablature, steeply pitched roof with large flanking stacks. Dormers with flat lead roofs. All window have leaded panes. Flanking wings of unequal height. Left wing, 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays, has 2-light wood mullioned and transomed windows in stone frames on ground floor and casement windows with wood lintels above. Dormers similar to central block. Right wing, 2 storeys and attic, 5 bays. Doorway second bay from left, c.1950 has door with 2 fielded panels. Porch with stone Tuscan columns, and wooden open segmental pediment. 2-light wood mullioned and transomed windows with wood lintels on both floors. Rear elevation with 3 gables. Interior not inspected. (Buildings of England : Northamptonshire, p.146).

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