Listed Building: Riverside Cottages (9/115)

2 houses. Early and early/mid C17. Squared coursed limestone with Collyweston slate roofs. Originally one-and 2-unit cottages forming an L-shape range. Single storey with attics. Main front has 2 bays to left with a leaded casement under wood lintel to left. 2 eaves dormers to attic, one with leaded casement, the other with a C20 casement. Plank door, to right, under shallow stone arch. Ashlar gable parapet, to left, and ashlar stacks at ridge and end. Lean-to extension attached to left. Range attached at right angles, to right, is of 2 bays, one-window range. Casement window, under wood lintel, to ground floor and eaves dormer to attic. Gable end has casement window, to attic, under wood lintel, and 6-panel door, also under wood lintel, to left. Lean-to, with pantile roof, is attached to right. Elevation, to right, of 2 bays, one-window range with a leaded casement, under wood lintel, to left. Central plank door, also under wood lintel, has decoration to head of frame, probably of C17 origin. Central ashlar stack. Rear elevation has a 3-light stone mullion window, to right. Interiors not inspected but noted as having open fireplaces, now blocked, winder staircase and one C17 fireplace with ashlar surround. Used as the parish poorhouse from about 1775 to 1834. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p47)

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Dec 16 2021 4:07PM