Listed Building: No. 4 (The Tithe Barn) (8/37)

Tithe barn and attached dovecote, now house. Datestones: E.R. and 1570 or 1578, converted to house late C20. Squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roof. Originally single-unit tithe barn and attached dovecote. Originally single storey, now 2 storeys with attic. Entrance front has C20 porch and flanking C20 casements under wood lintels, to far left and right. 2 C20 eaves dormers to centre. Ashlar gable parapets. Gable to left has pitch hole, now window, under old wood lintel and small window above with moulded stone surround. Gable to right rebuilt C20 incorporating old masonry with initials and datestone on kneelers. Rear elevation has former central cart entrance, now glazed screen, under old reset wood lintel. C20 openings to left and right. 4 C20 eaves dormers. Chamfered plinth steps down diagonally to follow the fall of the ground. Attached wall to left is remains of former dovecote which was demolished late C20. Interior: some original rafters visible. Originally part of Collyweston Palace which had been the home of Lady Margret Beaufont until her death in the early C16, and which dismantled about 1640. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p33)

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Dec 13 2021 10:30AM