Listed Building: Nos. 16, 17 (Middle Cottage) and 18 (1040203)

2 houses, now 3 dwellings. Late C17, C18 and C19. Regular coursed and squared coursed limestone with thatch, Colleyweston slate and concrete tile roof. Originally probably one-unit and 3-unit lobby-entry plans. Single storey with attic, part is 2-storey. Together comprising an irregular 7-window range of C19 and C20 casements, some with glazing bars, under original wood and C20 concrete lintels. C20 door to far right and 2 C20 doors to left. Left hand corner of No. 17 (Middle Cottage) breaks forward, also right hand corner of No. 18, probably indicating the extent of the original 3-unit house. Lean-to extension, with C20 pantile roof, to right of centre. Right gable of No. 18 has a half hipped roof. Brick and stone stacks at ridge and end. Rear elevation of main range has C19 and C20 casements under wood lintels and eyebrow dormers. Semi-circular bread oven projection to right of No. 17 (Middle Cottage). C19 one window range attached to rear of No. 16, and abutting the road, has C20 concrete roof. Single-storey range, attached, now forms part of house, with garage, and has a Colleyweston slate roof. Interior; No. 17 (Middle Cottage) has 2 open fireplaces with bressumers and stop-chamfered spine beams. Interiors of Nos. 16 and 18 not inspected. Single-storey range abutting road said to have been the forge. Probably converted to several farmworkers dwellings during C19. Included for group value. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p150)

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